🕹・game-discussion

[frank grove]

right that makes sense

[umbral fable]

Ever since beating the game ive been unable to get past ante 2

[royal bobcat]

rental banana round 1 is kinda bad

my econ would get killed right off the bat

[stone shell]

i would take it just to survive tbh

[frank grove]

you do one shot though which helps a little, but yeah, i also dont like how i have to pay for a rental banana as it breaks infront of me

[royal bobcat]

immolate in shop

pog

[stone shell]

if its not black deck

[royal bobcat]

the other option was perishable even steven

i took even steven

[frank grove]

yeah

[vestal copper]

its the better option

[royal bobcat]

YOOO RENTAL ASTRONOMER W

op shop fr fr

[frank grove]

kinda crazy good actually

[royal bobcat]

thats one of the highrolls of all time lmao

[frank grove]

i love Astronomer

[royal bobcat]

level 3 mercury or level 2 mercury level 2 saturn?

3 mercury i think

[frank grove]

if mercury wasnt there probably saturn but mercury is there you can now pair time!!

[royal bobcat]

yeah also im going to immolate

so i might get an unlocly immolate

[frank grove]

yeah

I want more shop jokers like Astronomer and Clown

they're cool

[royal bobcat]

there was a SINGLE even number in my hand and it got eaten by immolate

thank you game

[frank grove]

😭

[royal bobcat]

eternal rebate

okay

game

STOP

if i lose i'm going to be made fun of until i die

[frank grove]

what ya got in that there pack!!

[royal bobcat]

its in the shop not in a pack

[frank grove]

fuck

what is it?

just the rebate?

[frank grove]

thats a lot of good stuff

[royal bobcat]

i mean rebate obv i almost misplayed and sold steven to hex rebate but idk if ill find another scoring joker

i think i keep steven until i find another scoring then hex rebate

[frank grove]

yeah

[royal bobcat]

then buy the voucher

and see what happens

[static adder]

I'll drop a curi and then leave

[royal bobcat]

but packs could be hermit and i don't need the voucher rn

[royal bobcat]

yeah i think packs have more value rn

[frank grove]

yeah

[royal bobcat]

rebate then packs then overstock

seem smarter

[frank grove]

yeah

[royal bobcat]

high priestess in shop i cant use

gold card it is

im more likely to keep 2s or kings?

i think 2s

kings dont have much

[frank grove]

and kings get debuffed and hidden by more stuff

[royal bobcat]

but kings can be turned into 2s, 2s can't be turned into kings

hmmm

[frank grove]

yeah but like its gold cards you arent playing them most of the time anyway

[royal bobcat]

true

[static adder]

play lucky card
+20 mult
$20
Holy mother of based

[royal bobcat]

i think it doesnt matter too much

HERMIT IN PACK

gg

[frank grove]

gg wp

[royal bobcat]

thats WHY we play OPTIMALLY

in this HOUSE

its crazy how "lucky" you get if you play optimally

[frank grove]

trueee

its all rng guys

[royal bobcat]

looks like if you provoke luck you get lucky!!!

[frank grove]

not good decisions its rng

[royal bobcat]

thats a hack

but its perishable

can help for a bit tho

[frank grove]

yeah

[royal bobcat]

hack will let me live one more ante easyyy

can afford another reroll but buying would make me dip below interest i leave

crazy shops

[frank grove]

did you take egg?

[royal bobcat]

no

i could

took egg

thank you for the remoinder

[frank grove]

i would just cause you're planning on selling stuff for the hex anyway

[royal bobcat]

even when thinking so much you still miss stuff

balatro kinda need ur brain

[frank grove]

its a lot of thunking

get it ..

[royal bobcat]

THREE QUEENS ON REBATE

OMG

15 DOLLAHS FIRST DISCARD

[frank grove]

ok, if you blunder this i swear to god

[royal bobcat]

bro what is this run

if i lose ts

ill quit

hmm thats rental ancient jonkler

but i have 2 mercury levels

[echo sphinx]

h m

help

ankh is here but i have the infamous duo

[royal bobcat]

aura on the 9

ankh is bad grim is mid and sigil is useless

[ancient gyro]

grimace shake

[frank grove]

you have so much money, you could take the ancient and not force it unless you start seeing other stuff

[echo sphinx]

foil

rip

[royal bobcat]

oh its eternal too

so id have to commit

and i love AJ but

kinda tuff rn

[ancient gyro]

best outcome

[frank grove]

thats tuff

im probably not doing that

[royal bobcat]

jupiter next shop roll

gg

punished

thats a red card

[frank grove]

punished but like one bad draw kills your entire run

[royal bobcat]

im taking that

but i already bought the packs

[frank grove]

you can survive another round probably right?

[royal bobcat]

unlucky

[frank grove]

so you just cruise from here

[royal bobcat]

with nothing but 1.5x? no

i could roll for more scoring

well i can force a 5oak

i have cryptids

[frank grove]

i would just sell hex probably ...

[royal bobcat]

i have 43 bucks i can reroll 2 times without falling below interest

with 3 slots per shop

i think that hex is okay

hexxing now should be fine

[frank grove]

yeah you can do it

[royal bobcat]

unless i lowroll like crazy

[turbid nova]

rate the setup gng, this could be my first gold stake win
started with a holographic smeared joker and was spamming flushes until I ran into obelisk and pivoted

green joker is at +23

[frank grove]

and with cryptid you're probably able to get out next

[royal bobcat]

smiley face

rental but it lets me live

[frank grove]

yeah

thats nice

[turbid nova]

obelisk is secretly goated??

[frank grove]

obelisk is outwardly goated

[turbid nova]

what goes here

cloud 9?

[frank grove]

are you playing pairs next ante?

[smoky niche]

full de color is kinda tough

[royal bobcat]

okay i have to use cryptid FUCK

i have to cryptid the queen too

ugh

[turbid nova]

I play whatever shows up that is not a flush

lol

[royal bobcat]

ok i dont

[smoky niche]

got my third gold stake win by having 0 money and two rental blackboards + red card

[turbid nova]

brainstorm to copy both hallucination and my scoring jokers is is really nice

[smoky niche]

perpetually broke run

[royal bobcat]

uhm theres mercury in the planet pack but i think scaling red card is better short term

[frank grove]

yeah cloud 9 probably goes

[umbral fable]

Guys, how do i destroy face cards??

[manic talon]

brainstorm copying groker is kinda sad but its slightly better than one foil

[frank grove]

hanged man, glass cards, immolate, some other spectrals

[turbid nova]

also trading card

[manic talon]

if it says destroys it works for canio

[frank grove]

oh yeah trading card is really good

[royal bobcat]

ysing cryptid on 5s because they're on rebate 🤑

lowkey 3 mult more needed than 20 bucks

[smoky niche]

proceeds to not see a single 5

[royal bobcat]

nah im fucking crazy what am i talking about

[wanton magnet]

Pareidolia + hanged man is really fun with canio

[royal bobcat]

HOLO BLUE JOKER?

might take it

[frank grove]

i mean its chips and mult might as well

[royal bobcat]

its eternal tho

btu like

its good

all day

every day

[frank grove]

you only have like 2 jokers right now anyway right?

[royal bobcat]

yeah

[frank grove]

yeah might as well

find some x mult gg thats it really

[hoary bronze]

Y'all

[wanton magnet]

looks inside

[hoary bronze]

I've crashed unmodded balatro

[frank grove]

With naneinf?

[hoary bronze]

Yes

My fist naneinf

[frank grove]

yeah thats common when you close out of a naneinf run

[royal bobcat]

blue seal or three mult

[hoary bronze]

Im so so happy

[royal bobcat]

i think its blue seal

[frank grove]

blue seal

[royal bobcat]

acrobat NICE

[frank grove]

you have the holo blue joker to keep up with mult for now

[naive jolt]

Very nice seed

[frank grove]

no sticker acrobat?

[royal bobcat]

NO REPEAT HAND TYPE??

[royal bobcat]

clean acro

[frank grove]

you have blue joker

you're fine!!

[royal bobcat]

well i played a straight

[turbid nova]

eventually decided to sell groker, that was probably the right call

I need money to burn cards for campfire

[royal bobcat]

puwpre seal or 3 mult

i think 3 mult

[grim escarp]

My first NANEINF YAYYYY

[royal bobcat]

i have enough econ for a lifetime

[frank grove]

3 mult probably, the unfun option but tarot gen probably doesnt matter

[royal bobcat]

i need to scale that card at some point

[frank grove]

yeah

[naive jolt]

Now do ante 39 unseeded

[hoary bronze]

Is there anyway to force end the run?

[royal bobcat]

ANOTHER IMMOLATE

[grim escarp]

This is unseeded :D

[edgy stone]

Congrat! The last naneinf without perkeo

[royal bobcat]

spectral blocking on ghost deck is REAL and BASED

[wanton magnet]

Bro I need your seed

[grim escarp]

But I don't think I can get pass 32 which is the next big boss blind

[hoary bronze]

SAMMEE

[grim escarp]

Or at least don't know how

[naive jolt]

Well good thing it's shown

[grim escarp]

I have everything done and set up for it but getting pass the next boss blind is what idk how

[naive jolt]

You need to go to school
To Balatro University
Get teached by Dr Spectred

[grim escarp]

😭

[wanton magnet]

Bro give me your seed im begging for your seed

[fallen patrol]

guys i have 6 sevens

[wanton magnet]

👀

[grim escarp]

I mean I know certain ways like the bean glitch but I couldn't do it on the first 2 bosses

[jolly relic]

this fortnite battlepass system is awful

[naive jolt]

Literally in the screenshot
S88HBWBU

[grim escarp]

My normal hand size is 9 cuz I did an ecto

So I think it's over 😔

[wanton magnet]

Nvm you dont get it... nobody understands me...

Stupid chicot fan...

[royal bobcat]

3 immolates and I'm still looking for the blue seal in my deck

[frank grove]

crazy

[royal bobcat]

What I said earlier today about blue seals not always working even when having them is real and factual

[frank grove]

thank god for the early mercuries and the blue jimbo

[royal bobcat]

I'm also playing very optimally rn like I've never played that good

[turbid nova]

beat verdant leaf without selling jokers 😂

lol

[frank grove]

i want more ante 8 bosses in the next update!! thunk if you hear me more of them

[ancient gyro]

I don't think he's adding more any time soon 🥀

[frank grove]

💔

[astral mist]

the humble cryptid mod

#⚙・modding-general

[manic talon]

VV but its X5.9 base score

[frank grove]

also i kinda wish there was a non ante 8 boss that affected jokers in some way

[manic talon]

i dont think 2 in 3 chance for hand to not score is a good boss blind design

[slender mauve]

i'm probably going to find out soon enough but can this theoretically scale into ante 8 with just planets (5oak unlocked)

[astral mist]

oops all 0s

[frank grove]

i dont think most of the stuff in cryptid is good game design or even good mod design 😭

[manic talon]

i mean its fine if most of your jokers one shots

[vestal copper]

yeah it is intentionally bad

[ancient gyro]

score cannot exceed 50% blind requirements 🗣️

[manic talon]

1.25X blind requirements every 1.5 seconds spent this round the drspecterd counter

[frank grove]

yeah i know i just kinda wish it was less popular and talked about 😭

[manic talon]

its just dumb fun

of course its popular

[umbral fable]

I sold it to play Blueprint + Constellation at x3.3 currently

[royal bobcat]

Idm cryptid it just inherently has a broader appeal due to its sandbox endless nature

New players like busted op shit

[wanton magnet]

Real

[calm sapphire]

the least playable mod of all time

its for messing around

[royal bobcat]

I could try dr specterd's mod

Something work something

[frank grove]

Extra Credit is pretty good

[royal bobcat]

Idk how it's called again

Extra credit yeah

Unrelated but I'm so dripped today

[rain adder]

The weirdest build

[frank grove]

3oak gaming!!!

[heady zenith]

YEEAAAHH

[royal bobcat]

What

[vestal copper]

true it gets boring quite quickly

[vestal copper]

😭

[royal bobcat]

I wish I could finish my run but I'll take the bus in like 10 minutes so I can't

Also I might be at 3 steak rn

Hmm

Streak

[vestal copper]

its like you will be ... riding the bus?

[royal bobcat]

Not steak

[royal bobcat]

In a 15 minute city no less

[vestal copper]

🔥

[royal bobcat]

I'm lying I'll be riding the bus for a good 40 minutes

[manic talon]

40 minute city 😔

[royal bobcat]

40 minute village

[heady zenith]

this isnt even from a mod 😭

[royal bobcat]

I get a whole THREE busses

[weak relic]

Dw, verdant is always a fraud

[frank grove]

dude you really are riding those busses my gawd

[royal bobcat]

One at 7:50am, one at 1pm and one at 5pm

[turbid nova]

I had essentially three x7 jokers

I could play literally anything

and I had my hands leveled up

[royal bobcat]

I have a modded spectral idea

Changes all cards held in hand into a single random rank, -1 handsize

[unreal topaz]

i'm getting such good public transit service in balatro recently

[rotund sigil]

Hi I’m in school

[royal bobcat]

Idk whats my 1st joker

Probably still chad

[echo sphinx]

how do u guys make shopping decisions

[royal bobcat]

I think

[unreal topaz]

depends on the decision

[echo sphinx]

for me i think its chad om

like i keep seeing "gamble"

what would u take

[royal bobcat]

Idk it's hard to explain it's like on a shop per shop basis

[rotund sigil]

Mines 100% like the tribe

[echo sphinx]

or not take cuz interest is pretty good

[unreal topaz]

1. do i need this to survive?
2. how can i get the most value possible?

[ancient gyro]

money, ante, scoring situation, boss blind, there's a lot of factors

[unreal topaz]

that's the main principle

ensure you're surviving, and then greed responsibly

[echo sphinx]

surviving part i okayge
midgame antes i die cuz i aint greeding hard

[ancient gyro]

decisions may vary depending on deck

[echo sphinx]

buffon (could get something good)
or
mega pack (could get something good)
or
dont and play the boss blind
or
get the wasteful before its gone

[unreal topaz]

i just got like 3 runs in a row where at least the first 5 antes were hard carried by bus

[unreal topaz]

yeah it's tough

[royal bobcat]

In balatro you shouldn't really greed

[unreal topaz]

we have different definitions of greed then

[royal bobcat]

Maybe

[unreal topaz]

bc being as greedy as possible while surviving is how you win consistently

[echo sphinx]

are you really playing balatro if you aren't greeding for cash

[royal bobcat]

In balatro you're NEVER going for high rolls but try to prevent lowrolls

That's the opposite of greed

[ancient gyro]

welp

[unreal topaz]

yeah ofc

[royal bobcat]

Greeding is trying to get those highrolls

[unreal topaz]

greed for me is just going for money

[echo sphinx]

same

[unreal topaz]

so we have different definitions

fair enough

[echo sphinx]

(as long as i get enough mults then i greed)

[vestal copper]

my most used joker is photo 💔 🥀 ☠️

[unreal topaz]

no red card :/

ig mine doesnt have red card either but thats bc i've been going for gold stickers

[ancient gyro]

I've only played 4 runs 🥀

[unreal topaz]

so my builds have been all over the place

[ancient gyro]

3 legendaries stickered already

how wonderful

[unreal topaz]

for the most part the common denominator is that ante 7 and 8 gets killed with glass and steel

one exception was a vampire run but i had quite a few steel cards there too

also i recently thought of something

for gold stake naneinf

you make a profile and gold sticker all legendaries except perkeo

maybe back it up

[frank grove]

This would work

[unreal topaz]

then maybe just play ghost deck a lot idk

[frank grove]

But you can only really do it once

[unreal topaz]

thats why i said make a backup

[frank grove]

Yeah

It’s a lot of setup but kinda neat idea

[ancient gyro]

my first set of wins were a mix of slop and unorthodox joker combinations

and vamp steel

[unreal topaz]

so much overscoring

for going for c++

unless it's not for like specifically that ig

i've gotten too used to trying to barely score enough on the final boss

[ancient gyro]

pairless++

results may vary

I've gone too used to playing black deck

[unreal topaz]

lol fair enough

you have so much less urgency on like blue deck

[plush lance]

Not sure imma make it on this orange stake

[ancient gyro]

half of my runs were complete anomalies

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[unreal topaz]

sounds fun

[brave goblet]

Can't wait to scale my pants!

[unreal topaz]

@ancient gyro is double skipping ever worth here? i'm leaning towards no but i don't think it's that bad

[vocal rose]

I think you skip once

not twice

idk if one flush of clubs would win

[ancient gyro]

big blind or not at all

if small blind shop is a dud, you play out big blind

trading cards short term hindrance doesn't play out well with agate into wall

[vocal rose]

one flush of clubs will get you 3k+ if just base flush level

so unless you can make up that last 1k you'll need something more

[slender mauve]

don't think it did, but close enough...

[ancient gyro]

well you know the beauty of needing to draw a specific flush 🥀

[glad smelt]

Do I skip dagger?(coupon tag)

[shell rock]

black deck gold stake done.

finally.

with a full house build lmao

[mental bloom]

Temperance value 😋😋

[spark kernel]

I got this from a rare skip tag snd a negative

[mental bloom]

W

[edgy stone]

Holy! Take campfire and have a free win

[umbral fable]

Should i trade Poly Joker for Baseball Card?

[edgy stone]

Sure

[odd sorrel]

Absolutely

Beat orange stake no x mult

[edgy stone]

Burglar carry

[errant bolt]

Who do I kill (green stake)

Throwback is on 2.5x

[coral nova]

How much use are you getting out of Hanging Chad

[errant bolt]

Quite a bit with photograph

[coral nova]

Ooh good point

[odd sorrel]

How much xmult is on the throwback

[errant bolt]

2.5x

Definitely feeling one of the right 3

[odd sorrel]

I’d drop the gluttonous in that case

[errant bolt]

Yea I was thinking similar

Lets see what I get

[mental bloom]

Yeah gluttonous goes even if it's Polychrome

Chigoat ?

Trib would probably be better for you rn

[errant bolt]

I made a beautiful decision

[mental bloom]

Hell yesss!!

W for sure, you can pivot on making lots of K and Q

[weary depot]

I knew this atrocity wouldn't win but how did this get so far???

[umbral fable]

The pots really start to multiply after ante 9😅 holy moly

[finite heron]

Yesterday I looked for a chariot for 4 Antes and found nothing

[mystic ledge]

do i ditch blue joker for brainstorm to combo brainstorm ballot? then i focus on uranus and gg?

[shell dagger]

Grimbo chad and constellation, you would’ve probably won if you didn’t throw it back

[stone shell]

it'd be hella funny but im doing a gold sticker hunt

i keep finding invis wtf

[cursive crater]

he wants you

[errant bolt]

First 500 mill hand

[terse imp]

do i need showman?

[cloud sinew]

Modded be damned

Yes you do

[terse imp]

mm kk

[stone shell]

please help me win 🙏

[terse imp]

get madness

[stone shell]

vv sucks ass

couldve won if this was any other blind but noooo

[vernal leaf]

Do I take or no?

[potent tree]

i think this is my new highest pre-endless grimbo

[shell dagger]

prob no

[potent tree]

but more importantly, gold stickered luchador

that was one of my last ones on the first save.

[safe flower]

Whoever invented riff-raff definitely needs a fucking trophy

[idle current]

riff-raff yum yum on my tum tum buut only in the early game

[rotund igloo]

Riff raff is amazing

One of the best common jokers

[serene forge]

I hate Blorodtone

[potent tree]

why do i have another double grimbo run right afterwards

[lofty vault]

Jokers

[royal bobcat]

@frank grove idk how i won that one (lying)

sometimes just using ur head makes u win

who wouldve thought

[lofty vault]

I thought the fragile challenge was meant to be difficult

[royal bobcat]

its more like a puzzle you need to figure out

[lofty vault]

Then it gave me this fella in the round 1 shop

[unique pecan]

Bruh

[lofty vault]

Opened a pack boom glass

Opened the spectral pack boom hex

[unique pecan]

😮

[faint linden]

Medusa gave me a Stone Joker round 2

[strange compass]

Petition to make this message appear BEFORE you play your first hand ag against the mouth 😭

[lofty vault]

I got a madness in the eternal challenge

[faint linden]

Nice

[strange compass]

I've actually lost like 10 games cuz of this

[faint linden]

I got Canio in 15 Minute City

[hollow iris]

finally ante 39 unsseded no legy used bean bug tho

[lofty vault]

Why didn't you just score nan tho

[faint linden]

Skill issue

[hollow iris]

wrong joker placement ig

[lofty vault]

Gotta have blueprint copy Midas mask

[hollow iris]

damn it copied itself thought it would be an infinit scoring loop

[sleek valley]

wanted to do a steel build but ig photochad it is :(

[sleek valley]

ahhh i dont want to

[lofty vault]

The best part of voting is eating those lil tabs

[faint linden]

Literal hanging chads

[sleek valley]

the thing is

i would have to sell my dna

[lofty vault]

If you eat all of them you become mayor

[sleek valley]

but then i cant pivot back into steel

[strange compass]

What even is this

[sleek valley]

easily

[sleek valley]

its a balatro shop

[lofty vault]

Grab Eris and split it into 5 pieces so instead of leveling up flush 5 once it upgrades flush 1 5 times

[swift lodge]

how can i get out of black deck consistently

im actually lost

[potent tree]

guys...what do i sell for luchador (need it to disable VV)

i guess i have to sacrifice half joker sticker...

[fringe nebula]

i think it's halfsies?

[lofty vault]

The one on the left

[potent tree]

that won't give me an extra slot sadly

[fringe nebula]

do i take perishable vagabond here?

[potent tree]

mm vagabond

do it.

[lofty vault]

I mean thats 5 tarots

[fringe nebula]

you mean

8?

or 9?

maybe even 20

[potent tree]

that's if he oneshots every blind with less than 4 bucks

[lofty vault]

I was thinking of cartomancy

I might be dumb

[potent tree]

then again he could have 0 tarot cards generated if he doesn't spend

[fringe nebula]

but have $15 interest instead

[stone shell]

man those purple seals + andy combo literally made me a tarot machine

[potent tree]

well i had to sacrifice half joker for a measly banner sticker

[fringe nebula]

tarot addiction is real please play nebula deck

[lofty vault]

But you could gamble on getting a wheel of fortune that does nothing

[stone shell]

sorry varv its almost 1 am and i have school in 7 hours

maybe later

[fringe nebula]

about that

[stone shell]

even though its gold deck, i would here tbh

[lofty vault]

Hermit then sell the vagabond then temp

[stone shell]

he is THAT good imo

[fringe nebula]

nope, 20 tarot it is

[lofty vault]

Or you could get 5

[copper iron]

I don't care who disagrees with me. Canio is the worst legendary i the game because it is objectively, inarguably the most RNG and luck based legendary.
Yet another run of getting canio ante 2, having good econ the entire run, opening every single tarot pack and refreshing at least once per shot, and dying on ante 4/5/6 without ever seeing a single immolate, hanged man, or trading card. I also got canio and triboulet in the same run which is kinda terrible because one requires you to fill your deck with nothing but either kings or queens and one requires constant destruction, but losing a run that has a legendary feels crappy because you know you only get like one every couple hours

[potent tree]

"i the game"

[fringe nebula]

bruteforce it with glass card

even at x3 canio is still good

[copper iron]

I have thought of this as well, but unfortunately I only got one justice the entire run and the glass card never broke, and I also never found oops all 6's

[potent tree]

i had x4 canio only by ante 4 in a run yesterday. by the time i finished ante 10 it was x20

(that canio was ante 1 shop 2)

[copper iron]

and this is at least my fourth run of pretty much this exact thing happening

[lofty vault]

Pareidolia and immolate

[copper iron]

As previously stated, I opened every spectral pack and never recieved any chance for immolate

[rich needle]

Hellooooo I haven't played balatro in so long and I forgot everything about it what do I do😿

[lofty vault]

Open them better

[copper iron]

If you are allowed to choose a legendary and are guaranteed good luck/RNG, canio is the best legendary you could get. If you are allowed to choose any legendary to get but are going to have bad luck after getting them, canio is the worst legendary

[lofty vault]

I like yorik

Very basic very effective

[copper iron]

with the exception of triboulet on faceless or yorick with burglar, Canio is the only legendary in the game where you could recieve it, spend the rest of the game specking your build specifically and solely to go along with the legendary, get bad luck and then have the legendary still be completely useless

I also like yorick

[lofty vault]

First joker I got a gold sticker on

[willow frost]

well bad luck can kill almost any run

[lofty vault]

Idk what you expect from canio he's a murderer you can't trust em

[knotty zodiac]

dying with canio because there is no hanged man is an experience

[rich needle]

Helloooo?

[willow frost]

what

[willow frost]

just play the game wdym lol

[rich needle]

I forgot how

😿

[lofty vault]

Get a showman so you can hit 2 souls for 2 canios

[copper iron]

That is true, you can get 0 of your 12 queens with triboulet or get perkeo and not get a single good tarot, but with yorick you are guaranteed to get xmult eventually and chicot always works

[willow frost]

you select cards and play poker hands to beat the score requirements in rounds

[lofty vault]

Trib is just idol with easier deck fixing

[rich needle]

I'll try

[willow frost]

you can buy jokers, consumables, vouchers and other stuff to make your run easier

to win a run you have to beat the final boss on ante 8

simple

[lofty vault]

You can also buy things to make the run harder but it's funny

[willow frost]

shrimple

[rich needle]

I still remember many jokers and their abilities like Gros Michel and triboulet but like I forgot hands

[willow frost]

do not do this lmao

[lofty vault]

Invisible is bait a lot of the times

[willow frost]

its fine, the game has a lot of text on all the cards that explain what they do

[rich needle]

Thanks!

[copper iron]

In my 300 hours i've had at least 5 runs where I get canio in ante 1/2/3, have decent econ, reroll once per shop and open every tarot and spectral pack trying to find justice, hanged man, trading card, immolate, and others and then die at ante 5/6 with canio still being dead weight.
Ironically I did find a death and I lost the boss with 34,000 out of 50,000 so if death-ing a queen into a 3 counted for canio I would've made it another ante.

[willow frost]

it doesnt need much explanation tbh, other than how to beat hard stakes/challenges

[lofty vault]

We getting the canio slander docs

[rich needle]

Thank you!!

[copper iron]

I know i'll never get everyone to agree he's the worst and I'm fully willing to admit that he can be the best if you have good luck, but I think it's pretty reasonable to say that he is the most RNG based and the one who can screw you over the most

[lofty vault]

Canio is ok

If I get it I'm spending my life savings on a hanged man

[copper iron]

I had been playing anaglyph for gold stickers so long that I forgot what other decks were like, and after finally going back to just playing the game on all decks, I think ghost might be my favorite

[lofty vault]

Ghost is a good one

[knotty zodiac]

finding immo in shop top row is chefs kiss

[lofty vault]

Especially with perkeo

[sullen mantle]

It's uncanny

[lofty vault]

Cuz you can just find a special card and copy that fella

Like immolate then burn your entire deck to the ground

[knotty zodiac]

world's happiest swash

[terse dock]

It's Ass????

[karmic skiff]

take showman

[knotty zodiac]

showman sell for interest zzz

[lofty vault]

Showman

[karmic skiff]

you'll get blueprints next shop

nah dont sell

[tawny ridge]

man i can't get to more than 12 ante for the life of me even in the easiest difficultt

[karmic skiff]

your gonna get 5 blueprints

[knotty zodiac]

5 blueprints is still death in ante 2

[karmic skiff]

ye but it'll look cool

[knotty zodiac]

salsa monkey alr looks cool

[lofty vault]

Pretty ok stats

The 1 thing I'm missing in the collection is the upgraded magic trick thing

[knotty zodiac]

illusion

[lofty vault]

But it's bad so

[keen radish]

Beautiful shop man

Sometimes it just hits

[knotty zodiac]

had to gimp a few runs in search of it

[knotty zodiac]

freeeee brainstorm

[rich mauve]

after a whole year, I finally found the illusion

[lofty vault]

I could maybe get it

I just don't want to

[knotty zodiac]

whats left for completion?

[lofty vault]

3%

That joker in the shop is one of them

[rich mauve]

still 3%, it's 1100/1200

[strange compass]

If you have high enough levels you can sell banner

[lofty vault]

Is Jimbo just along for the ride

[knotty zodiac]

turns out i am also 97%. sweet

[lofty vault]

60%

[rich mauve]

idk man

I needed something to make holo work

(I lost)

[lofty vault]

I'll make sure to get the other 40% while waiting for food at restaurants cuz that's pretty much the only time I've been playing balatro

[fringe nebula]

???????????????????????????????????????????

[lofty vault]

Have you tried 2 jimbos

[knotty zodiac]

pls lend a few souls to me

the drought is real

[strange compass]

Did you open it

[fringe nebula]

chicot

[lofty vault]

I sold my soul for 20 bucks and a jar of salsa

[strange compass]

Immunity to the plant

[lofty vault]

Did they already beat the plant tho

[strange compass]

Excuse me

[fringe nebula]

wdym it's ante 8

[willow frost]

salsa? elite reference

[lofty vault]

What's the reference

[strange compass]

I didn't see that

[fringe nebula]

400k vessel

lmao

[willow frost]

salsa, the person who used to run salsa's epic super joker thread lol

[knotty zodiac]

chicot too gud

[lofty vault]

Vessel is one of easier finishing blinds

[strange compass]

Eh idk

[fringe nebula]

tf you mean by that

[strange compass]

Its at like 1 million+

On gold stake

[fringe nebula]

1.2 mil is massive

[lofty vault]

I aim high

[strange compass]

I am high*

[lofty vault]

Both can be true

[tawny ridge]

im so bad at this game bruh

[fringe nebula]

sounds like someone is resetting alot until they have a good earlygame

[hallow zenith]

hello :D

[lofty vault]

Don't call me out

[hallow zenith]

too real

[fringe nebula]

now i see why you think violet vessel is easy

[hallow zenith]

this might be the strat for gold stake plasma

[lofty vault]

Amber is the easiest

[fringe nebula]

definitely

[hallow zenith]

crimson fart is the hardest

[lofty vault]

Just play a hand and spend the next 5 minutes figuring out what's what

[potent tree]

i ended up selling half and winning

[sullen mantle]

Setting game speed to 0,5 helps

[lofty vault]

Or if you copied a joker

[strange compass]

You're probably the type of person to keep playing when you're first joker pack is eternal parking and rental zany joker

[lofty vault]

Or a shaking joker

[potent tree]

either one i could have sold honestly. but banner gives 60 chips to 20 mult from half so more valuable

[strange compass]

W

[fringe nebula]

i mean, i'm a winstreak gamer lol

[potent tree]

i just want to finish c++ again this time

[knotty zodiac]

parking is good

[hallow zenith]

chat is c++ hard?

[royal shale]

no

just tedious

[fringe nebula]

no

you juat need alot of patience

[knotty zodiac]

more tedious than hard imo

[lofty vault]

Leaf can be tricky but sometimes you can either brute force it with just jokers or just bring along a sacrifice

[strange compass]

Not at ante 1 as a eternal

[knotty zodiac]

its better than no econ

[fringe nebula]

leaf is nothing

[strange compass]

Can't be me

[lofty vault]

You always gotta take a negative even if it's bad

[strange compass]

You gutted your early interest for 2 dollars

[lofty vault]

It's funny and if leaf shows up boom free sacrifice

[royal shale]

the humble eternal tag:

[lofty vault]

Peel off the sticker

[knotty zodiac]

it pays for itself as soon as you find a +mult and can spam

[fringe nebula]

or just don't sell anything because 99% of your score comes from jokers and planets

instead of tarots

unless you're doing photochad or stm or fist

[lofty vault]

Brute force is the funny option for leaf

[fickle estuary]

ok sorry for the silly question im just not sure where to ask it. if i have 2 blueprints, 1 brainstorm, 1 mime, and 1 baron with a full hand of red seal steel kings whats the optimal copies for highest score?

[fringe nebula]

3 baron 2 mime

[fickle estuary]

ok i thought so just figured i should ask thank you!

[lofty vault]

Copy the copy so it copies the copy effect of the copied joker

[strange compass]

Finds Smiley
Jk, I get what you mean but it's too much of a commitment at ante 1 plus you're assuming you'll find your desired scoring jokers

[lofty vault]

Smile and parking is a good synergy if you're a lunatic

[strange compass]

How

[royal shale]

yeah no smile and parking is fine

[strange compass]

Like at early ante?

[lofty vault]

Yeah ante 7

[strange compass]

I am talking ante 1 eternal parking

[royal shale]

you can spam high cards on non-faces while holding a bunch of faces for the final hand

[fringe nebula]

it's fine

dog until all face cards appear, spam throwaway hand, and then use the smiley for a safe win

[cosmic sun]

Just one of those runs, don't even need the goat Obelisk

[lofty vault]

What if you get a Midas mask

[strange compass]

What if

[fringe nebula]

i have seen worse btw

[knotty zodiac]

mult mult xmult xmult xmult. feels good man

[sullen patrol]

I got all gold stakes done finally 😭

[strange compass]

We are ALL taking rental eternal Bootstrap at shop 1 to get -1 mukt

[knotty zodiac]

gratz! let's see the card stats

[lofty vault]

I'm assuming the 2 things you haven't found yet are vouchers

[sullen patrol]

Yeah, 2 vouchers

[lofty vault]

Magic and other magic?

[turbid dove]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[lofty vault]

Mmmmm hanging

[sullen patrol]

The second tier of the cards in shop and the second tier of the -1 ante one

[royal shale]

gotta love wheel :3

[fringe nebula]

gold staker looking stat lmao

[lofty vault]

What's vampire doing there

[knotty zodiac]

someone like ghost decks and nopes 🙂

[sullen patrol]

My body is a machine that turns wheels into Nopes!

[lofty vault]

If I eat this can I become immune to wheel nopes

[fringe nebula]

what's wrong with vampire?

[sullen patrol]

I do like ghost deck

[lofty vault]

Vampire

[sullen patrol]

The one challenge with two of these was so great for wheels

[lofty vault]

Fragile

I didn't realize that until after I won

I was just thinking damn these wheels have been amazing

The 2 oops in my deck

[royal shale]

(not up to date cuz I can’t screenshot it rn but :3)

[sullen patrol]

The first time I did fragile I accidentally ran out of cards lmao

[lofty vault]

Oh so you hate yourself

[royal shale]

that’s not the worst of it.

[sullen patrol]

Too broke to gamble irl so gotta buy wheels

[lofty vault]

Take a perkeo and copy wheel so every round you can have a quick gamble fix

[royal shale]

flushes suck btw

[lofty vault]

How much of this wasn't on checkered

[royal shale]

most of it

I also forced myself to only play Flushes, if I’d need to play something else I restart instead

[sullen patrol]

Now that all decks are gold I gotta do stickers

Ghost deck my beloved

[rancid gull]

Do it on black deck

Trust

[sullen patrol]

Probably can get more in one go that way

[lofty vault]

I have 3 decks complete

[sullen patrol]

That or Anaglyph

[lofty vault]

Yellow, ghost and plasma

[rancid gull]

Don’t do it on black deck

How many stickers do you got

[lofty vault]

I thought getting gold on the golden deck would be funny so I did it as my second gold stakes completion

[rancid gull]

Can I choose your next deck?

[knotty zodiac]

plasmaaaoo

[cosmic sun]

they were invincible at first but I widdled them down

[sullen patrol]

This many? Idk if it’s only counting gold stickers

[rancid gull]

Yeah, if you got a lot of commons you need to sticker

[lofty vault]

I have a guess

[rancid gull]

I’d recommend anaglyph

No actually

I was gonna say erratic

I don’t wanna torture you

[vestal copper]

its only green stake and i already fucking love zodiac deck

[knotty zodiac]

erratic is fun. every run is different

[vestal copper]

absolute god run

[lofty vault]

The good ol reset until you get 5 billion kings

[knotty zodiac]

zodiac deck is my fave

[fringe nebula]

please play magic deck

[rancid gull]

Or Zodiac Deck

Magic deck is fun too

[lofty vault]

I have red on magic deck so far

[rancid gull]

Use your fools for pair slop

[vestal copper]

tarot tycoon with overstock+ and feller

[lofty vault]

Pretty sure I completed a magic deck run while at my highschool graduation

[fringe nebula]

i usually use my fools for triple gold card

but level 4 pair can work i guess?

[royal shale]

was abt to say this

[rancid gull]

I was kidding lol

I usually went with hermits

[lofty vault]

Fools for wheel

[royal shale]

Mercury, Devil, Hermit are the first few I think of to dupe

[knotty zodiac]

$60 is pretty swell

[fringe nebula]

hermit is best scenario but doesn't always happen

[tall sky]

9

[lofty vault]

Open a standard pack get the rare polychrome steel red seal king then use the fools for death

[tall sky]

blue seals are way too OP

[rancid gull]

Actually 80 if you have 20 to start

[fringe nebula]

i would choose triple hangman over that

honestly

[rancid gull]

True

[lofty vault]

Blue and constellation is goated

[rancid gull]

Clipping 6 cards is really strong

[lofty vault]

Didn't know black hole and constellation didn't work

[rancid gull]

IMO it should work

If I could make one change

I’d let it work

[compact jewel]

Erosion but no hanged men in 4 rounds I'm gonna scream

[rancid gull]

At least the typical +.1 scaling

[lofty vault]

Get a dna

[rancid gull]

Buttttt

IMO I think it should just count as using all planet cards

[lofty vault]

I guess it makes sense cuz technically black hole isn't a planet

[rancid gull]

Yes, but it’s rare

[lofty vault]

It's whatever the hell it is I'm not entirely sure

[random ice]

Big money

[rancid gull]

I think it being as rare as it is

Should allow it to do that

It’s like getting a legendary

[vestal copper]

absolute cinema

[lofty vault]

Telescope over black hole

[glacial galleon]

Three hand size?

[knotty zodiac]

142 🔥

[fringe nebula]

prospective erosion is usually not a good idea

imo

[vestal copper]

glass joker is good

[rancid gull]

Black hole should work with satellite too

[lofty vault]

Would y'all skip a soul to upgrade red card

[rancid gull]

No

[royal shale]

depends

[rancid gull]

I like gambling too much

[lofty vault]

It would be funny

[keen radish]

But yeah never take skips

[fringe nebula]

depends on the situation yeah

[keen radish]

They say

[random ice]

If I have 5 eternals then obviously

[lofty vault]

Black stakes

[fringe nebula]

black stake

[knotty zodiac]

skips are mostly bad for winrate. if you like highrolls, thats np

[terse vale]

depends but 98% of times never take skips

[lofty vault]

The 4th difficulty

[cosmic sun]

Most skips brainless as hell

[lofty vault]

An ante 1 investment tag always feels good

[keen radish]

But risk, just like in real life, becomes less worth it the farther you go.

If you see a rare joker or a $25 skip in the first ante, take it, why not. Worst case u get a shit joker and you restart

[strange compass]

Skips should be buffed somehow

[cosmic sun]

SOMETIMES it's smart to but that is up to you to figure out

[fringe nebula]

some skips are worth considering like boss reroll tag, investment, and top up tag

[lofty vault]

Some are generally so ass

[cosmic sun]

Skipping to keep a perishable xmult alive

[lofty vault]

Like the random level up ones

[royal shale]

orbital too :3

[cosmic sun]

(A8)

[fringe nebula]

skipping for loyalty card shenanigans is also a thing

[knotty zodiac]

some ppl dont like holding r. some ppl play for streaks. the no skips advice is for those folks

[lofty vault]

Yippee 3 levels for straights when I'm playing pairs

[strange compass]

Nah

[terse vale]

rare skip sucks

[keen radish]

Those can be great on a hand you are playing and if it scales nicely

[lofty vault]

It can be but money

[royal shale]

well who’s fault is it that you didn’t read what it was going to give you

[lofty vault]

Reading is for nerds

[terse vale]

orbital is like C tier skip

[lofty vault]

Trial by fire

[strange compass]

Orbital just feels useless to me

[keen radish]

They usually do, but again, you are 1 ante into your run, just take it. Best case you get a blueprint and now the chance of completing your run has just skyrocketed

[knotty zodiac]

every so often orbital saves the run on anaglyph

[keen radish]

Worst case ancient joker and u restart

[lofty vault]

Double tag is a decent pick up

[terse vale]

ancient early is good ?

[fringe nebula]

pardun?

[keen radish]

I don’t fuck with that card ever

[terse vale]

also restarting isn’t really good for winrate

[keen radish]

Lmao

[terse vale]

its like the only good flush joker

[strange compass]

Like if I wanna have a different hand as an emergency I can just upgrade Mars

[lofty vault]

My skill issue isn't good for win rate

[keen radish]

Look I’m just trying to beat all decks on gold stake rn

[terse vale]

I mean go ahead I guess

[lofty vault]

You know what screw you I'm playing magic deck

[terse vale]

but it still does suck

[fringe nebula]

let's gooooo

i love magic deck

so much boost in econ

[lofty vault]

I got Jimbo

[knotty zodiac]

8 mult, 1 jack, 0 kings, 0 problems

that's a wrap on the rares

[rough prairie]

Madness slop

[knotty zodiac]

ooh you found the scaling chip and the scaling mult. solid run

everything scales 📈

[rough prairie]

Ante 1 madness too

[young solar]

is it wise to skip the small blind on every ante for red stake since it will only give $ for unused hands that blind?

[cosmic sun]

naw

[rough prairie]

No, there's also interest, whatever you can get from e your econ jokers and you get to see a shop

[strange compass]

What would you guys do here

[keen radish]

When you have permanent jokers madness is amazing

[keen radish]

Like an S tier

[lofty vault]

Id say this was an ok use of the magic fools

[knotty zodiac]

had a similar run today but i never found +chip

also a1 madness

[young solar]

you would only get interest on the small blind for antes 2 and up, since you only start with $4, so skip the first small blind only?

[serene forge]

you need to see shops while the score requirements are still low

[strange compass]

Stencil or Square?

[serene forge]

don't skip ante 1 unless you get an investment tag

[cosmic sun]

Early plasma, save interest and keep scaling square

[strange compass]

Ok but if I get any base mult scaling I just win

With stencil

[serene forge]

if you're new you should just ignore skips entirely until you're experienced enough to know when it's okay to take them

[strange compass]

Nah what

That's the best time to skip imo

[rough prairie]

I was afraid it was gonna be Verdant but it wouldn't matter aniway, all my score was from jokers

[strange compass]

I was skipping alot on my first profile

[knotty zodiac]

ya you crushed it

[cosmic sun]

Aight to be fair some people learn later

Some people never learn

[serene forge]

plenty of people do skip a lot when they're new

[rough prairie]

Seeing a shop is often more powerful than skipping

[serene forge]

im not blaming them for that

[cosmic sun]

"Ignore skips" is fine

[serene forge]

im saying its not a good idea and its not entirely obvious why thats bad when youre not experienced

[knotty zodiac]

shop is usually better unless there's something very specific that you need

[edgy stone]

My best score ever!

[cosmic sun]

Also maybe they find an outlier like madness or something or perishable Cavendish and then they ask if they should skip the last A8 rounds or something

[willow frost]

with idol is insane

[serene forge]

oftentimes you'll see people asking why they lost when they skipped like 9 times in a game, without realizing that what they're doing is self sabotaging

[rich needle]

I am starting to gain back my glory

[rough prairie]

Even if you get no money from your first small blind, 4$ is enough to buy the guaranteed joker pack

[edgy stone]

No polychrome unfortunate

[cosmic sun]

Potential Green Joker skipped

[lofty vault]

So I may have lost a green stakes run...

The plant shall be torn limb from poker chip

Insane synergy

[keen radish]

Does the eye pretty much kill a card sharp build?

Am I cooked

I think I am

[waxen quartz]

if you won the last round in 2 hands, should be ok

[random ice]

This is why you draft glass

[waxen quartz]

may not help if he's using +mult

[tawny ridge]

had a good thing going on in my last run and i fucked up fml

[keen radish]

I died

Also

Do you ppl take free shop skips

[lofty vault]

If it's primally card sharp then yea

[keen radish]

I think they’re so valuable

[keen radish]

It was lol

[waxen quartz]

depends on the stake. not on gold

[keen radish]

So much so I had 2 card sharps and not much mult

[lofty vault]

+mult banana died instantly after buying

[rough prairie]

Good, means you don't become dependent on it

[glad charm]

anyone got a good strat to get wins i need plazma deck

[lofty vault]

Got myself a bus stop

Parking for the face cards and a bus for the others

[cosmic sun]

perfect time to greed parking

[lofty vault]

Greed killed me

[tall sky]

i feel like i get so many baronesque runs on green deck

didnt make it there but it got kinda close

[cosmic sun]

greed only works if you measure your good hands and plan accordingly

[lofty vault]

This is green stake I shouldn't be struggling so much when I've beaten 3 gold decks

[fringe nebula]

that's why you carry mr bones or luchador folks

[lofty vault]

Welcome to the party Jimbo

[sullen mantle]

I sure love Medusa

[lofty vault]

Magic deck sucks (it doesn't I just have skill issue)

[fringe nebula]

magic deck is one of the strongest decks tho

[lofty vault]

I have lost 2 times in a row on green stake

Damn the games giving me pity with a round 1 investment tag

Hey bud you're late I already took the tag

Intrest or arcana

[fringe nebula]

interest

[lofty vault]

But investment

[fringe nebula]

interest

[lofty vault]

Be greedy gotcha

[dire sage]

You're in a room with baron, shoot the moon & hit the road, what's the first thing you'll say

[fringe nebula]

not even greedy lmao

having banana is basically ante 1 beaten

[lofty vault]

Banana is dead

Ante 1 boss

[fringe nebula]

now look for something else

[lofty vault]

Spare trousers and bus

[solemn sonnet]

wow okay dude

negative diet cola

[fringe nebula]

blueprint can copy that

and then sell blueprint

[solemn sonnet]

oooohh

good idea

if

i find one

[lofty vault]

The speculative cola

[dire sage]

If you have brainstorm and blueprint and you put blueprint leftmost and to its right whatever joker, does the latter retrigger twice?

[lofty vault]

Chat 8 dollar temp or hanged man

With 2 fools

[dire sage]

What kinda run

[lofty vault]

I have a bus so I'm thinking of murdering all face cards

[dire sage]

Yeah go hanged man then

[fringe nebula]

yes

[royal ore]

gg

[fringe nebula]

blueprint can copy brainstorm that is copying other's ability

[dire sage]

Golden seal (or whatever its name is) + hologram is such an illegal combo

[fringe nebula]

certificate

[dire sage]

Yeah certificate

[royal ore]

marble joker too

[fringe nebula]

or dna

i think dna blue seal hologram is kinda bonkers

[dire sage]

Btw how do you play around perkeo? Do you wait until you find a spectral card or is he useful for every other consumable

[lofty vault]

Welp I now have 5 face cards in my deck

[royal ore]

double blue seal??

[fringe nebula]

temperance, death, strength

hermit

[dire sage]

So anything with money or getting the rank or suit you want

[vale mist]

copying a suit changer tarot could also be good

[vale mist]

yep econ and deckfixing

oh copying fool could also be useful in some cases

[dire sage]

Is naneinf possible without perkeo?

[vale mist]

or hanged man for trimming

[willow frost]

yeah

burglar serpent

[brave goblet]

Eggin