🕹・game-discussion

[gray pasture]

this is unmodded

[frank grove]

no smods?

ever used mods?

[compact gazelle]

mm
any guesses

[turbid nova]

Huh

[gray pasture]

have before but only multiplayer this profile is entirely vanilla

[turbid nova]

Weird

[sudden reef]

pc or mobile?

[knotty zodiac]

try a fresh install

[gray pasture]

pc

[compact gazelle]

checking the seed couldn’t hurt I suppose

[frank grove]

its having smods installed reopen the game

[gray pasture]

seed is 8PR2N8AR

[compact gazelle]

although its certainly not a seed thing

[gray pasture]

I did run the seed back and had the same result

[frank grove]

its smods

[compact gazelle]

did you try a new seed too

[humble gulch]

What's better at the start, +15 mult or +100 chips

[sudden reef]

depends on what your other joker is

[humble gulch]

Start

[sudden reef]

tho most of the time mult is better

[humble gulch]

Exactly

[stone shell]

oh wow he came back

[compact gazelle]

scholar would be 20 by 100 which is even more tilted

[frank grove]

yeah at some point walkie/scholar is more for the chips than the mult but that only really happens in ante 3 ish

[sudden reef]

If I have a shop 1 ride the bus I want chips

[knotty zodiac]

seed is fine on my setup

[humble gulch]

Grr

[sudden reef]

or green Joker

[stone shell]

im stabbing swash in the other eye though sorry chat

[undone talon]

wtaf bro

theres no way

[compact gazelle]

yea it’s not a thing for seeds to glitch drawn hand size like that

[frank grove]

yeah its modded

[compact gazelle]

mhm

[knotty zodiac]

ya that would be bizarre

[gray pasture]

yeah weird its just on every seed for me, what a fascinating bug, wonder how this came too from just having multiplayer installed and not used on this profile

[undone talon]

woah

[frank grove]

its not the seed

we just said this

[compact gazelle]

mods are weird like that

[knotty zodiac]

i dont think mods necessarily respect profile boundaries

[frank grove]

also its not the mp mod

its steammodded

[compact gazelle]

loaders probably don’t

[frank grove]

this is a very known issue

[humble gulch]

Bruh

[gray pasture]

first time I've ever seen something like that, very funny really but obviously an easy fix is just restarting the game probably

[compact gazelle]

slop time!!!

[humble gulch]

Yayy!

[compact gazelle]

turning it off and on again solves a lot of problems

[compact gazelle]

yay 💖

shortcut in the near future trust

[frank grove]

do it 🔥

[knotty zodiac]

arm in the near future trust

[compact gazelle]

yea do it
the one shot value early is insane

[stone shell]

how do debuffed cards interact with blackboard again i forgor

[frank grove]

and also its abandoned straights are just easy

[stone shell]

still triggers as long as they're clubs and spades right

[compact gazelle]

no issues

[turbid nova]

Yes

[knotty zodiac]

debuffed notwc is base suit
debuffed wc does not qualify

[humble gulch]

Lmao

[turbid nova]

If the wc is spades or clubs it should be good

[frank grove]

gg

[stone shell]

man i guess i gotta sac the egg

[turbid nova]

But if it’s originally a light suit no

[stone shell]

gonna be one fat dagger though 🤤

[sudden reef]

Ayo guys check my new suggestion

[turbid nova]

Hell yeah

[sudden reef]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1508390295799332996

[compact gazelle]

love to see it

[turbid nova]

Too broken

[sudden reef]

true

[compact gazelle]

op

[undone talon]

guys wtaf is going on

[compact gazelle]

and promotes pairslop lobotomy

[sudden reef]

criptid leves of broken?

[stone shell]

my raw scoring is 48k

[undone talon]

ive never had this kind of luck

[stone shell]

white stake is 300k chips requirement at max if i meet violet vessel

i can just reroll the boss

think the only bosses that beats me now are eye and needle

wait no i have retcon

im high

[humble gulch]

Lol

I bottom decked so hard

[frank grove]

yeah

double burnt is cool though

[knotty zodiac]

ah i see, looks like the debuffed wildcard bug is only a flower pot interaction

[compact gazelle]

awa

[compact gazelle]

poor thing can’t catch a break

[humble gulch]

Gg

[tawdry epoch]

if you put the rocket inbetween the burnt jokers for symmetry this would be 100x easier

[knotty zodiac]

hm u should see 4 more cards if u full discard. which u should be able to on abandoned i think

[compact gazelle]

hey kids
how do you spell FREE?

that’s right!

good job timmy have a lollipop

[frank grove]

whilst doing burnt can be ... a trap

[humble gulch]

This is no longer funny

[knotty zodiac]

oh this is trying to draw a second straight? ya thats risky

[humble gulch]

I did not draw a first :3

[frank grove]

wait do you have the seed

[compact gazelle]

horse’d

[humble gulch]

I just insta make another one when I lose 😭

[frank grove]

fair

[compact gazelle]

time to run it another time
discard for entirely the wrong straight on that one blind
then go on to coast to a win

[frank grove]

i wanted to see if i could do it

[compact gazelle]

normal person activities
the lion does not concern himself with the seed

[slow bluff]

guys which deck should i use for king stack

[knotty zodiac]

4/11 that the 6 is there ig

[stone shell]

i mean unironically a baron build is possible :P

[humble gulch]

All I worry about is keep going

[stone shell]

but nah

[humble gulch]

I already skipped like 2 photochads this run 😭

[sudden reef]

Is this idea better?
https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1508392798167240845

[stone shell]

do i give up on the knife conveyor strat 🙃

[knotty zodiac]

diminishing returns scaling the dagger ya

[stone shell]

technically i could also stab brainstorm and win because my pairs already score enough in one hand

[undone talon]

guys

.................

[compact gazelle]

why are we thinking this is white stake

[stone shell]

im calculating the most amount of money i can pull

i want cash

im already broke irl im not having that in balatro as well

[compact gazelle]

balatro players be like

[knotty zodiac]

greed and drop blue? do u die?

[undone talon]

i have foil steel kings so im fine

[frank grove]

ante 5 wall is not nice

[undone talon]

dropped the greed

what am i even saying

dropped the blue 😭

[knotty zodiac]

which ante is wall the hardest? 3?

[clear mulch]

goo goo ga ga

[frank grove]

probably

[humble gulch]

I guess

[sudden reef]

I'll take the silence as a no lmao

[clear mulch]

found them both this ante

nice challenge ig

[stone shell]

cant you sell photo and triple copy blue joker

i feel like thats just the easiest win

[undone talon]

maybe shldbve done that

[frank grove]

okay fun

[knotty zodiac]

wall-3
eye-7
flint-7
water-2

[frank grove]

OOH

[compact gazelle]

hey look a rental in shop

that’s crazy

[frank grove]

i dont need it this ante

[compact gazelle]

:3

[knotty zodiac]

ig with $10 per round it's enough to start?

[frank grove]

and i need the parking and seeing double

[compact gazelle]

build money i would say

[knotty zodiac]

oh parking too

[compact gazelle]

12 is not a lot to have saved up

[knotty zodiac]

so like $15 probably

[frank grove]

also im just selling the planets

i have lvl 20 pair already thats enough

[knotty zodiac]

their econ is pretty decent

[compact gazelle]

true
i suppose current money doesn’t matter too much

[frank grove]

i had to roll down and open packs to find xmult seeing double was on 2 there

[compact gazelle]

mm

[undone talon]

ultimate greed and die

maybe sell chicot

[knotty zodiac]

is astronomer better than parking?

[undone talon]

or is it too early for an invisible

honestly after i do this seed im posting it and analysing it

its actually crazy

[frank grove]

however the ox might kill me 😭

[undone talon]

ante 1 chicot ante 2 perkeo blueprint brainstorm and an invisibl

[stone shell]

gotta get that double chicot on manacle for +1 handsize

[undone talon]

ik i really wanna

maybe i shld keep and forget the invis

[stone shell]

if i was setting up for endless i would just trade chicot for invis here

:P

anyway 50% rulebreaker

[undone talon]

if i get rid of the photo

i wld need like three hand to clear

im going greed

[south cobalt]

For a stake sticker do i need to have the joker when i win or do i just need it once in the run?

[undone talon]

i think its when u win

[naive jolt]

When you win

[undone talon]

yh

thats annoting

[compact gazelle]

have it upon clearing the showdown blind

[naive jolt]

No it's good

[frank grove]

close one my god

[south cobalt]

is that g-g-gold stake?

[echo owl]

Fuck violet vessel

Violet vessel is Satan incarnate

[south cobalt]

gold stake too scary for me

[undone talon]

welp

[glossy forge]

Having a fully online idol by Ante 8 is my favorite sidequest in this game

The riff raff gave me a nat negative hallucination and the run skyrocketed from there

[south cobalt]

why is skipping bad

[frank grove]

on avg (outside of ante 1 investment) its worse value than playing out the round and getting scaling from things like bus/runner and using econ jokers and finding other value like purple/gold/blue seals and gold cards in your deck

[south cobalt]

what’s avg?

[primal heath]

average

[south cobalt]

Ah thanks

[frank grove]

also the jokers skips are pretty bad value you skip a shop and entire round to see a random rare for example but it can still have perishable and rental stickers which is meh, below like orange skips are slightly higher value than on orange stake+

[south cobalt]

If I’m playing on that deck that gives me double tag everytime i beat boss blind, what’s the best tag to take?

[sudden reef]

ayo nobody reacts in #1155557846805643434 anymore? I'm looking at the suggestions and barely any post has any sort of reaction

Even tho they comment so it's weird

[frank grove]

usually econ tags, like handy/investment and orbital tags for hand levels on decent hands

[naive jolt]

Do i switch to bloodstone ? What do i drop ? The bus is on 17

I think i have good enough econ that i can swap

[compact gazelle]

i thought of a hypothetical tag once that puts it in context pretty well I’d say
tag: gives foil holographic or polychrome to a random joker
youre skipping for a wheel hit which is far from good value
and yet it beats out the edition tags

[frank grove]

have you seen the hearts boss?

i think i would take it over michel probably

[naive jolt]

I don't remember started the run yesterday, i've seen spades for sure
I hope localthunk add the mod that show current run details like encountered boss in vanilla
and i could mod it in myself but annoying

[frank grove]

and i would take the lovers in the shop with you as well

[naive jolt]

I decided to drop the bus, swapped to hearts and it's going well
Also got lucky on money hit and i'm rich

🤡 🤦 guess i'm gonna glass it up

[pale wolf]

goooooooooooood MORNING blatro

[naive jolt]

Let's see how effective steel is

[frank grove]

that suckssss you should be okay doing a flush with that much steel maybe?

[naive jolt]

Simple flush with glass card in front and copied chad is fine

[frank grove]

yeah

do you have glass?

ahh i see

[naive jolt]

🤣 didn't get the one glass
Let's hope steel + lucky spam

Paused at the right moment, it's all good
(i'm on animation x64)

[frank grove]

did you get a 20 hit

[naive jolt]

I am now invincible

[naive jolt]

Multiple

[frank grove]

yeah you did wowowo

oh yeah

oops

nice!

[naive jolt]

Lmao next shop voucher trolling
I don't need you anymore XD

And that's another win towards 100%

[hasty tendon]

🤔

[fickle wraith]

cloud 9 is secretly goated

[pale wolf]

open secret

[pale wolf]

i like the part where you cropped out the part that tells me how many 9s there are without counting them

[misty mango]

13 matches

[fickle wraith]

you have to count them

balatro players must learn mathematics

[tawny sluice]

glass, steel or gold?

[pale wolf]

for what

generally gold

[tawny sluice]

Just best one

[fickle wraith]

could be crazy with canio

[sudden reef]

Ayo but I share my ideas and I get ignored lmao

[tawny python]

SHOULD I SEARCH FOR SCARY FACES :)

[sudden reef]

you need chad

[tawny python]

I BHAVENT GOTTEN A SPECTAL YET IM BEGGIN FOR HIM

[fair flower]

What's the algorithm behind the hook I refuse to believe it's random

[pale wolf]

its uhhh random lol

[digital pewter]

you'll never believe what kind of run i just had

actual stars aligning

now, would i call it a good run?

definitely not

but was it a fun run?

yeah i guess

[fair flower]

How does it snipe every possible enhancement in my deck, am I just cursed or something

[digital pewter]

localthunk coded it to specifically ruin your runs every time

[digital pewter]

actually i just realized me getting seance gold staked here is pretty good

[fair flower]

Knew it

[pale wolf]

bad luck and confirmation bias 🥀 its happened to me recently too

[tawny python]

I lost because of a diamond king

[tough bane]

what do i do

[sudden reef]

stop playing minecraft or whatever that in the left is

[tough bane]

thats a video dawg

[stone shell]

you could sell 1 baron and (eventually) chad for invis

[turbid nova]

Sell baron for invis -> sell invis to copy a joker -> get another baron

[frosty stream]

should i be taking oops here?

[halcyon moon]

@mortal burrow

[ember delta]

Man who knew spending 5 CHF on the App Store would make me a gambling addict

[frosty stream]

probably right?

[turbid nova]

Yuh sell seance

[frosty stream]

yes i was gonna but i havent got ecto yet

[halcyon moon]

@mortal burrow

[mortal burrow]

Bb?

[turbid nova]

Holy

<@&1133519078540185692>

[frank grove]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[ember delta]

Oh god

[frank grove]

whoa dude

[turbid nova]

Mods asleep

[trail sierra]

?ban 1063766490232389694 bot

[sturdy creek]

aimer6 was banned.

[smoky merlin]

?ban 1063766490232389694 yikes

[halcyon moon]

chkat3awdi

[sturdy creek]

aimer6 was banned.

[turbid nova]

broski

[trail sierra]

lol like 4 of them

[frank grove]

thats insane 😭

[frosty stream]

@turbid nova i havent got ecto yet do you think i should keep going the oops could come later

[mortal burrow]

Nari 7chmt

[halcyon moon]

hny db twlfi bb

[turbid nova]

Oh is this a naneinf attempt

Then sure

[frosty stream]

ye

[mortal burrow]

Chno smiytk b3da a zaml

[frosty stream]

never got one before

[turbid nova]

Sure yeah keep seance then

[frosty stream]

but i do have the one before omen globe

[halcyon moon]

adam

[frosty stream]

so i could risk it

[mortal burrow]

A7 w nchdk

[halcyon moon]

wnta aw9

[mortal burrow]

Yasmin

[halcyon moon]

ro7 tmnyk rah anjib lik admin

[halcyon moon]

jhhhhhh tmrgina hiya

[mortal burrow]

Wha?

[mortal burrow]

No blz

[shell dagger]

What is going on

[tawdry epoch]

"Here, win."

[patent sail]

ok!

[pale wolf]

beep

[cloud sinew]

I might have figured out giftcard flavour

it gives you money that you cant spend directly, like a gift card

[pale wolf]

i suppose

[stone shell]

im suggesting to sell baron at worst its the same build and at best like, a second perkeo or mime to get more value

[frank grove]

or hold invis whilst you roll for copy jokers there probably

[patent sail]

runs just be happening sometimes

+1 sticker i guess

[pale wolf]

balatrodle in 4 ||YYYYYYYYUCK!||

[patent sail]

this idiot took me ELEVEN tries to get

new anti-record

[pale wolf]

pw achieved

[patent sail]

that ability class is so vague on god

not that it couldve been done any better i guess, but its so weird

[patent sail]

that knife ate 2 whole eggs this run

oh okay

(campfire was fed)

dont worry argil campfire enjoyed this delightful meal

[neat ore]

My favorite joker is Jim ball

[patent sail]

dude im getting ALL the unstickered jokers when im trying to feed the campfire

[weary elm]

yikes bro

[sudden reef]

good message what can I say

[weary elm]

snoo pingas

[clear mulch]

snooping as usual i see

[frosty stream]

looking for dna.....

well that was quick

[turbid nova]

fire

good luck

[frosty stream]

what now just packing my deck with kings and hoping to find an ecto + voucher tags ig?

and hoarding money

also rip $463

[turbid nova]

you don't have retcon yet?

[frosty stream]

i have directors cut only

and havent seen the plant yet

[turbid nova]

yikes

[frosty stream]

yeah

[turbid nova]

you think you can survive playing pairs?

[frosty stream]

i've got no levels in it but might as well try

[turbid nova]

you should be good

[frosty stream]

youre right

just won

[turbid nova]

you can even copy mime for max value

[frosty stream]

forgot to copy mime but its alr

[frank grove]

you can copy mime after pressing play hand anyway

[patent sail]

thats a skip isnt it

cryptid on queen maybe

[frank grove]

yeah probably

how many queens do you have ?

[patent sail]

7 🔥🔥🔥🐎

[frank grove]

yeah get two more

[patent sail]

im literally carried by card sharps here

i wonder if replacing one wee for some stickering garbage will be alright

ima fire up balala calculator

[livid scroll]

i love you balatro

[patent sail]

first 0 new stickers win god damn it

[rustic haven]

we have vagabond at home

[halcyon onyx]

Is there any different between these hand spesifc jokers? Or are they just rare because of the design?

[fast stirrup]

Well the commons add to your mult and the rares multiply it

[pale wolf]

one is xmult

[patent sail]

rare ones are stronger

[livid scroll]

brainstorm right the reroll after getting antimatter

i think balatro wants to apologize for my missed naneinf

[pale wolf]

blatro

[livid scroll]

barto

[halcyon onyx]

Thank you bro

[turbid nova]

rate the setup chat

[frank grove]

i guess flush house 😭

whenever i get a flush run im still shocked by how horrible jupiter is 😭

[rustic haven]

dawg its round 2....

brainstorm was shop 1 buffoon and bp was judgement

😭

[versed sable]

skill based tbh

[pale wolf]

mime

[rustic haven]

😭

[frank grove]

cool

[rustic haven]

real

i could have just gone next

and taken my $1 interest

but im a baller

[turbid nova]

oh my god bruh

wish me luck

[rustic haven]

gl twin

i believe

[turbid nova]

shieee

I can't sell anything but baseball though

is it worth it?

I think if I spam pairs and copy card sharp I can do it

I'm kind of struggling to score at the moment

if only I found hologram

[ancient gyro]

if card shark hand scores 120k then you're good

[turbid nova]

yeah

[pale wolf]

hahaha the perishable stm came back as a rental

[turbid nova]

I think it's the better play because I don't see myself scoring a million in 4 hands

[pale wolf]

im so dead but this run is funny

[ancient gyro]

how did we get here

[turbid nova]

I screwed up

I think I died to VV anyway

[ancient gyro]

huh

[versed grove]

yo, is flash card a good +mult ?

[misty mango]

I mean I’d pick it up if I found it with no +MulT and also had great income generation

[pale wolf]

better run

[misty mango]

Better run from what

[versed grove]

nat negative? daym

[spring radish]

anyone interested in playing balatro with 3+ players?
-# such as co-op, 2v2, FFA
ignore if no

[winter pilot]

Mr skelly bones saves the plasma run

[stark acorn]

but it landed on banner 🤢

[versed grove]

💔

[whole sedge]

i just got 2 souls in a row? in the same fucking shop???

i play this game like once a month why am i the one getting lucky

???

[knotty zodiac]

gave u a mulligan bc they know trib was doin u dirty

now u get a good one

[whole sedge]

trib yorick

[knotty zodiac]

best one and worst one

[uneven moon]

promising high card game 🥹

[uneven moon]

dont dis trib

[limpid gate]

My run is going pretty well all things considered

[knotty zodiac]

its is a legendary but it is number 5

[winter pilot]

Lowk agree

[limpid gate]

Ahhh wait what

[uneven moon]

depend on what type of run ur looking for

[knotty zodiac]

a consistently winning one

[limpid gate]

The screenshots dont save the screen effects

[uneven moon]

then trib is rlly good u just build five of a kind w kings and its free

[versed grove]

its him!

[fallow canopy]

Did I screwd?

[limpid gate]

Heres what my screen actually looks like

[knotty zodiac]

free except plant, serpent, pillar, bottom decking, cerulean, missing deckfix, missing planet levels

so not free

[turbid nova]

is this guaranteed to hit stencil

I guess it is

[limpid gate]

Yes

[versed grove]

good enough i guess

[red briar]

how does one actually get good at balatro

[versed grove]

WHY DO THEY GIVE ME THIS AT THE END GUH

[versed grove]

the thing is you dont..

[red briar]

i have 80 hours in the game and gsw on every deck

yet im still mega behind

[vocal quartz]

do i take campfire here?

[versed grove]

i LOVE the random deck i made

[terse vale]

yes

[misty mango]

Me personally I wouldn’t

[livid scroll]

you're either smart by nature like me or you spend tons of hours watching balatro youtubers or streamers

[misty mango]

Smart by nature is certainly a take

[frank grove]

kinda like all things, practice

[terse vale]

Y not

[red briar]

i do the 2nd one

i just feel like i rely completely on luck to even win runs atp

[misty mango]

I’m greedy and there’s already an eternal oops

[long zodiac]

Literally playing the game makes you a better Balatro player, bc you can learn from mistakes

[terse vale]

so what campfire is like top 3 Xmult

[long zodiac]

Also I’d watch guys like Bean or Doc (Drspectred) bc balatro youtubers are very insightful with their runs

[buoyant stratus]

how shall i win?

[misty mango]

I’d greed for lucky cards and +MulT scaling first. Like I said it’s just greed

[terse vale]

o you win ez

[plain ermine]

i like bean’s videos but he wouldn’t be too helpful for a new player because he plays mostly multiplayer

[long zodiac]

You’ve already won bc bonesy is active

[terse vale]

oh yeah and bones I guess

[buoyant stratus]

i meant score or mr bones

[terse vale]

score

[red briar]

i don't really learn all that much from watching videos

[terse vale]

[misty mango]

Drspectered adds the seed for his run in the description so you can see exactly how your decisionmaking process turns out compared to his and play along

[terse vale]

turning a x3 into a x27 will make a difference

[plain ermine]

weakest acrobat

[long zodiac]

Drspectred has Balatro 101 videos as well where he explains how to win runs more often

[versed grove]

oh my lawd thank you

[plain ermine]

there was like a solid week once where i swear to god the only xmult i found in any of my runs was acrobat. i was pissed out of my mind

that’s how it felt anyway

[terse vale]

what +mult scaling

[red briar]

the issue is that idk how to apply

[misty mango]

If nobody got me ik Mr bones got me

[terse vale]

you can use lucky cards and campfire together you dont gots to sell everything

[misty mango]

That’s what the greed means

[buoyant stratus]

Wasn't going to lose but ante 8 nat negative Mr bones is insane

[rustic haven]

19 card deck at ante 6

[long zodiac]

I mean mostly your endgame lineup should be Chips joker (scaling chips is better but any chips will do) + mult, scaling + mult, and two X mult jokers

[rustic haven]

4 immolates, trading card for 3 antes, and like 10 hung men 😭

[terse vale]

hanged please 🙏

[rustic haven]

no

hung

[red briar]

i know that but idk how to find them

[long zodiac]

This is how Localthunk wants people to use erosion

[rustic haven]

im on plasma

xd

[long zodiac]

Buffoon packs, and sometimes jokers can appear in the shop by themselves

[rustic haven]

i will see what its at when i find it

[red briar]

well yeah but i never get them

[devout wasp]

the biggest delta at this point is probably just leveraging econ better. more nuanced use of value generating game pieces like jokers or seals will mean more rerolls/takeable packs, which means more opportunities to see key scoring jokers

[frank grove]

its at like 132 i think

[terse vale]

?

you never get buffoon packs

[limpid gate]

Just got invis right before the boss

[long zodiac]

Really? You always obtain at least one joker in ante 1

[limpid gate]

I hate this game

[terse vale]

I don’t really kno how to help you tho without seeing your gameplay

[long zodiac]

If you’re trying to go for the shiny jokers like the rares, greed can kill

In the early antes, you just gotta take what the seed gives you

[red briar]

i don't obtain anything useful though

[unreal topaz]

just make more money

[devout wasp]

to put it a different way: good use of econ looks like luck, but it's actually how you wrangle the luck in your favor

[unreal topaz]

literally

[terse vale]

you probably don’t know whats good :?

[unreal topaz]

yeah

[red briar]

im just spamming white stake runs atm

[unreal topaz]

money management and not seeing useful jokers as useful

[frank grove]

also a lot of newer players dont spread their rolls in the shop across an ante they spend down in one instead which isnt great

[unreal topaz]

thats the stuff ppl struggle with

[long zodiac]

If you’re trying to get an early ante BP, those seeds are extremely rare. I had the same problem about under utilizing common jokers as well

But gros michel with a 5 card hand is at least 1100 scoring

Maybe more

[devout wasp]

speaking from experience, i know that i felt this way for about my second 100 hours in the game or so --- it's easy to see a joker you can't imagine fitting into a Final Build in the first buffoon pack, and go "these are useless". part of what you've gotta do is find the use, even if that use is as small as "a grand total of 6 dollars", or "winning ante 2 small and big blind"

and yeah, sometimes you'll crap out and the first pack will give you, like, seance vs idol or something

[unreal topaz]

even more often on higher stakes

[devout wasp]

roll with the punch. at worst, in that case you get 3/4 of your money back from selling immediately

[unreal topaz]

even if it usually gives something

[devout wasp]

yeah, often on gold stake it can be correct to skip the buffoon pack if you have even a halfway reasonable joker in shop

just because rentals mean that value is harder to recoup

[frank grove]

and eternals

[long zodiac]

Also, i used to fall into this all the time

read your boss blind and prepare for it in the small and big blinds

[devout wasp]

one early eternal very rarely bricks a run IME

[limpid gate]

Now that is one big egg

This is why its the goat

[long zodiac]

Invis it so you can have two eggs

[red briar]

i just never feel like i can keep up with the blinds at all

[frank grove]

no ofc but i meant more so if there is alreayd a good joker in the shop opening the pack istn worth cause of the low roll of double eternal

[limpid gate]

Im lazy

[red briar]

the only way i can reasonably win on higher stakes is if i get unreasonably lucky

[devout wasp]

ah, yeye

[limpid gate]

I could have 6 if I used bugs though... which is tempting

[long zodiac]

Are you looking for tarots/planet cards in early antes? Bc in those, almost always take jokers instead

[red briar]

i start looking for tarots and stuff when i find a joker worth fixing towards

[devout wasp]

the only real solution to that, imo, is focused practice. take careful account of what decisions you make, and what you choose to take vs what you leave behind. if you then find a common thread with that, re-evaluate your preferences

[long zodiac]

But it makes swashbunkler beeg…

[limpid gate]

Yeah but like...

[devout wasp]

the secret to getting great at the game is exactly what allen iverson was so annoyed at answering questions about at that one press conference: practice

[red briar]

huffff

hiker be beeg

[devout wasp]

but unfocused practice can just further set in bad habits

[red briar]

what's the difference anyways

[turbid nova]

lol

[cedar sable]

surely i won right

[turbid nova]

I'm actually not mad
more hands = more squimbo scaling

[cedar sable]

squimbo

[limpid gate]

Like I already can do that with other bugs...

[long zodiac]

PFFFFFFFF

[cedar sable]

that has to be modded right

[limpid gate]

No its just bugs

[devout wasp]

"click click take take take damn it i lost" vs "hmm. eternal wrathful joker is a bit rough, but also, i might need the scoring to survive ante 2, since i'm not guaranteed to see a scoring joker that doesn't have rental on it...wait! i think there was a world card in the shop, so maybe i take"

[cedar sable]

ah

flash card 🤤

[limpid gate]

lol

[cedar sable]

but holo smiley face

[hearty tusk]

ballin

[cedar sable]

y'know what

[long zodiac]

Scary face booooooo

[cedar sable]

i'm removing busisness card

i hate it

so hard to proc for no reason

[long zodiac]

Any joker with a 1 in X chance of hitting sucks without an oops all 6’s

[cedar sable]

i just realized

i haven't removed a single card in my deck LOL

neither enhanced too

[unreal topaz]

unless its econ

which is most of the 1 in x

like business card or hallucination don't suck at all for example

[red briar]

i'm not really "good" enough to have that thought process

[long zodiac]

Spaceman is garbage though

Bloodstone is garbage without oops all 6’s

[devout wasp]

the only difference between you and someone with that thought process is that they either deliberately do it, or have built up the habit

[turbid nova]

I think this is the one

[unreal topaz]

no? spaceman is like square joker except you keep the payout after he's sold

[cedar sable]

thank goodness i didn't get rid of constellation

[unreal topaz]

for a pair run

[devout wasp]

slow down your play and practice doing that thought process, and you will get better at it whether you like it or not

[cedar sable]

i got 4 planet cards in a shop

[long zodiac]

The thing is he never levels up my hands

Like ill play the hands that i need him to level up, but he never hits

[unreal topaz]

you gotta shake him around first

[cedar sable]

goodbye flash card i guess

[long zodiac]

Dude you got plenty of money LMAO, unless you want even more interest

[unreal topaz]

idk, mail in rebate is pretty much scaling xmult

[rustic haven]

YOOO FUCK PLANT

[unreal topaz]

not only bc of constellation

[cedar sable]

flash card is doing nothing currently

[rustic haven]

SELZTER GOAT

[long zodiac]

Yeah that’s fair

[long zodiac]

Alr JJ can go then

[rustic haven]

W DEATH HIT ON MY PURPLE SEAL

TO GET 5 STONE CARDS WITH SELZTER

[cedar sable]

like only +4 mult at that moment

[rustic haven]

why need luchador when selzter exists ig

[cedar sable]

WOW

[long zodiac]

It’s a sign

[tranquil steppe]

You don’t like nature?

[rustic haven]

no

not after playing balatro

[long zodiac]

sucks

Unless you’re a gigachad abandoned deck player

[tranquil steppe]

You hate banner?

[turbid nova]

elite negative skip 😛

(next boss is the needle)

[hearty tusk]

aight fuck it, i unlocked rough gem, this run can rot in hell

[hearty tusk]

burglar activates after the needle tho

[tranquil steppe]

You have stencil, you’re good

[versed sable]

the plasma deck in question

[cloud sinew]

black deck gaming

[cedar sable]

it exist again

[hearty tusk]

the only purpose for that run was to unlock rough gem

[tranquil steppe]

Interesting

[hearty tusk]

am tryna unlock all jokers before going for c+

[cloud sinew]

negative red card is a good pull

luchador doesnt really matter as you have burglar

[tranquil steppe]

Luchador is nice for the ante 6 boss

[long zodiac]

I never thought about the potential campfire syngery with the overstock voucher

[tranquil steppe]

Wait until you find out about gold stake campfire synergy

[turbid nova]

right after I sold chad too lol

[cedar sable]

now i hate water

[turbid nova]

no matter I don't need that rancid strat

[tranquil steppe]

Oh no. Why’d you sell Chad?

[long zodiac]

Oh yeah rental jokers

[turbid nova]

didn't have enhancements

[cedar sable]

ngl winable

if i didn't get water

[cloud sinew]

its econ with business

[turbid nova]

oh yeah I guess

[cedar sable]

the sign

[shell dagger]

worst gold 2 ever

[cedar sable]

man

to do list carries rn

[long zodiac]

Red seal wildcard 4 for walkie talkie and AJ value though

[cedar sable]

yay

wait

FUCK I SOLD

OOPS

LOL

yay

[red briar]

this is certainly A run

[turbid nova]

hell yeah

this should beat even violet vessel

[hearty tusk]

man who's just been bit and turned by a hydrophobic vampire:

[barren spire]

Whats everyones favorite deck and why?

[red briar]

Plasma deck because big number get even bigger

[long zodiac]

Yellow deck or Zodiac, money go BRRRRRRRRRRR

or abandoned

[red briar]

what is the gold deck 🙏

[long zodiac]

Sorry i meant yellow LMAO

[cedar sable]

i sold the run

[celest cobalt]

i think my game is broken
when i unlock something new it doesnt show up in the collection many times
and sometimes when it does and i click on it, the new item notification doesnt go away

[barren spire]

Ooh I'll try for a highscore on that one at some point

[celest cobalt]

what do

[barren spire]

Using abandoned to beat gold stakes first tho

[turbid nova]

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

[frank grove]

abandoned, free deck fixing, better draw reliability, 4oak and straights are fun

[turbid nova]

I'm not afraid of you this time

[long zodiac]

Runner on abandoned deck is so much fun

A lot of jokers on that deck are fun AF

[celest cobalt]

please someone help me

[red briar]

checkered deck is also pretty free

[barren spire]

Thats my favorite so far

[frank grove]

yep

[turbid nova]

green because I'm weird

[barren spire]

With bus 🙂

[long zodiac]

Checkered deck feels like it’s cheating to me though

[red briar]

not really

it's difficult in it's own way

[celest cobalt]

anyone?

[turbid nova]

ehh

[long zodiac]

Sometimes if you have jokers that you havent clicked on in ur collection, the ! Icon will still be there

[turbid nova]

I think I pass on this actually

my three non eternals are too important to sell

[long zodiac]

And you have to find the joker in the shop for you to fully discover it

[celest cobalt]

yea but i won a game with a deck and it didnt show up
neither did the rewards or new jokers unlocked
and no i wasnt using a seeded deck

[long zodiac]

Wait wdym

The joker?

Is this about decks unlocking or jokers?

What stake did you play on?

[celest cobalt]

both

[celest cobalt]

white
but with a red deck
and ive never won with it before

so i should unlock a new one right?

[long zodiac]

You have to unlock decks with decks other than red i believe

Like blue, yellow, and the other ones that you’ve unlocked

[celest cobalt]

i did that

i know how the game works

it showed me that i unlocked a new deck

[long zodiac]

Try resetting maybe?

[celest cobalt]

but when i went to collect it

it shows nothing happened

and deck locked

[celest cobalt]

how?

clear cache?

[frank grove]

are you on mobile

[long zodiac]

Maybe close the game and go back into it?

[turbid nova]

Erratic gold stake (6/15)

squimbo got to +308

[celest cobalt]

yes i am

[celest cobalt]

i tried
its the same 🙁

[frank grove]

yeah i think this is a common bug

this happens with gold stickering sometimes too

where it just doesnt save correctly

[turbid nova]

can you share a screenshot?

[celest cobalt]

what am i supposed to do
its happened way too many times now

[ancient gyro]

it happens

[celest cobalt]

it feels pointless to play the game now since im basically not making any progress

[ancient gyro]

3 of my legendary stickers fell into the pit hole of no stickers

[celest cobalt]

its not about stickers

im losing unlocked jokers

[lilac ruin]

For balance sake, would it make sense for the secret hand type’s planet cards to be allowed to be bought from the beginning even without playing them? I feel like if I want to build into a specific hand it never makes sense to go for foak/flush houses/flush five since I can’t access the planet cards early on and it just makes more sense to do four of a kind since mars is always unlocked and it scales almost as fast as the secret hand types. Maybe it could add more variety for end game builds

[ancient gyro]

i play for fun rather than progress so better not to think about it

[celest cobalt]

thats even worse if you ask me

[celest cobalt]

BUDDY
what fun if i dont get to unlock more jokers

[ancient gyro]

ignorance is bliss

[frank grove]

what if celestial packs were worse kinda balance

[lilac ruin]

That’s true

[turbid nova]

but do they show as locked or not discovered yet

[celest cobalt]

i could but it just says i havent unlocked the deck/joker

[turbid nova]

That's strange

[celest cobalt]

locked

[primal heath]

can you use unlock all?

[turbid nova]

maybe it's a sync issue?

[celest cobalt]

im not sure

maybe delete and redownload or something

[turbid nova]

do you have it in any other device?

[celest cobalt]

im playing through apple arcade

[celest cobalt]

nope

[turbid nova]

yeah the saving feature is a bit wack, speaking from experience

I haven't had that happen to me though

[ancient gyro]

what else is new

[celest cobalt]

i was ok the first few times
but now its frustrating

[frank grove]

maybe icloud cloud saving is full or something?

[lilac ruin]

Actually now that I’m thinking about it the only hand types this would only heavily affect would be the smaller hand types like high card and pair since you NEED those planets for chips to survive earlier on. It could affect straights as well but as it stands rn celestial packs are already a gamble since you don’t want a lot of the other planets anyway

[celest cobalt]

yea icloud is full
but does apple arcade use icloud

[ancient gyro]

tldr: planet bloat sucks

[frank grove]

it might? you could try make some space in icloud i guess

[celest cobalt]

perhaps

thanks for the idea

[turbid nova]

discarded for the straight flush

[turbid nova]

I think that might be it

[lilac ruin]

I wish there was a way for the secret hand types to be more useful since as it stands rn I think they’re too weak compared to four of a kind since it’s unlocked from the start

[celest cobalt]

man but it sucks i lost all that progress

hey but wait

[ancient gyro]

secret hands don't have to be meta if they already have a niche

[celest cobalt]

my icloud was full when i downloaded the game
and at the beginning the progress was saving fine

why is it that only now its glitching

[frank grove]

well icloud says "full" but it usually has a little left

[turbid nova]

I like where this is going
runner my beloved

[lilac ruin]

What’s their niche

[frank grove]

im guessing at some point it gives up on doing cloud saves or something and when you load the game it uses cloud over local stuff

[ancient gyro]

two of them are flush pivots with excess deck fixing, 5oak has wee... not planet related

[frank grove]

yeah, flush house from flushes is usually the goal since juptier is SO bad

[celest cobalt]

no mine has been full

[waxen quartz]

if you get enough deckfix, 5oak, flhouse, fl5 are viable. they start high enough and advance quick enough that they're useable. but they're also win more, since 4oak is good enough (enough cards for glass etc and mars available from the start)

[lilac ruin]

Flush five is not a flush pivot that’s like a 4oak pivot but at that point just play 4oak since you already have the planet 😭

[ancient gyro]

flouse and f5 drawbacks arent planet related but rather the massive boulders you have to get to that point to consistently rely on them

[ancient gyro]

it is, it's just not as common.

[frank grove]

ofc if you already have like 15 levels in 4oak stick with it, but there are runs where you can get f5 out of flushes and 4oak early enough to matter

[ancient gyro]

as I said, planet scarcity isn't an issue

5oak will still suck with your change

along with all the rest of the planets

[lilac ruin]

There’s just not enough incentive to play those hands I feel like since there’s no scaling for them

[frank grove]

flush house is tied best scaling in the game

[ancient gyro]

flouse has an incentive

[lilac ruin]

Flush house def the strongest out of the 3

[ancient gyro]

it has the highest mult scaling

[lilac ruin]

Best scaling in the game + it’s easier to pivot into

[ancient gyro]

f5 is idol compatible lol

[lilac ruin]

only way u are getting an idol deck is with tarot tycoon

[frank grove]

what

[ancient gyro]

not the only way

kami has like 3 seeds that don't use that

[frank grove]

vagabond, sometimes even really good purple seals that can do it

i have like 5 seeds where idol can be done and fully fixed in 8 antes (on abandoned)

[waxen quartz]

idol compatible deck isn't really a high stake possibility. lower stakes, there's many ways to go about it

[ancient gyro]

trading card/abandoned/vaga/perkyo

[lilac ruin]

It can happen

[ancient gyro]

you're not gonna gun for f5 on high stakes where resources are limited

[lilac ruin]

Like 6-7

Ante 6-7

[ancient gyro]

give me 2 seeds

[patent sail]

walkie talkie is actually cursed

even with a lot of 10s and 4s in the deck it WILL bottomdeck them all

[turbid nova]

oooo

what are the predicts

[alpine crescent]

chigoat

[ancient gyro]

jimbo

[humble gulch]

Always trib

[turbid nova]

it's rick

as always

[alpine crescent]

yo, rick?

[turbid nova]

Canio would have been nice lowkey

since I'll probably get rid of some faces

[alpine crescent]

is anyone else like NOT playing balatro rn

[ancient gyro]

6 days of the week

[alpine crescent]

6 days until june!

[humble gulch]

More like seven

[ancient gyro]

im on route to go on a zipline squirrel monkey tour

[alpine crescent]

what game should i play..

[ancient gyro]

i should give him a dart and a balloon and see what he'll do with it

[turbid nova]

chat check out this synergy

[frank grove]

BAPXPZ57 - FX4F74W1 - LYZSIMVG (i think these are all idol fixed by ante 8) - the others i have are not fully fixed but like between two good hits

[alpine crescent]

chat, should i play Nubby's, Cloverpit or the mysterious 3rd roguelike i own thats about poker

i dont remember its name

[ancient gyro]

fosu was supposed to answer but ok

[ancient gyro]

sts2

[alpine crescent]

the hell does that mean

[eager summit]

ror2

[ancient gyro]

somebody isn't friends with jimbo

slay the spire 2

[alpine crescent]

oh!

sorry i dont have that

[alpine crescent]

i dont. have that either

[ancient gyro]

no good games :(

[alpine crescent]

cloverpit is good

the funny poker game that i forgot the name of is pretty good as well i think

[ancient gyro]

i cant speak for the minority 🥀

[humble gulch]

That game that I sometimes play is pretty fun too

The one where you play a game, you know

[ancient gyro]

dungeons and degenerate gamblers

[alpine crescent]

yall actually didnt answrr my question
what game should i play of the ones im showing here

what even IS balatro am i right

[ancient gyro]

dungeons and degenerate gamblers

sorry im on a 5 day cooldown

[alpine crescent]

ok fine

ill play the poker

[eager summit]

dst

[ancient gyro]

that may require companions

[knotty zodiac]

dagger eats blackboard, the end. what a throw lol

[woven hare]

is this green goblin mask

[versed sable]

hologram gaming

debt but rocket
hmm

[karmic skiff]

joker pollution 💔

[celest cobalt]

ok i cleared my cloud
but lost my progress
lets hope it doesnt happen again

my balatro isnt fixed

:((

[eager summit]

companions?

[echo sphinx]

hologram dna holy shit you won

[tranquil steppe]

And a mega pack for .5x mult

[turbid nova]

straightslop 🥹

[tranquil steppe]

YORICK!!!!

[turbid nova]

the deck at the end

I don't think I've ever picked up this many neptunes in a single run

[alpine crescent]

im pissed off now

hi again

[faint hornet]

have you ever heard the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise

[tranquil steppe]

Oh shit it’s Palpatine!

[red briar]

i swear the main characters of that game are "Photo" and "Chad"

[eager summit]

i'm ngl, i've only ever used neptune like once

[cedar sable]

i wish i can play balatro well

[turbid nova]

Towards the end I was playing straight flush every round

[woven hare]

always negtag 💔

[eager summit]

like, i see the potential, but it's so hard to pull off

[echo sphinx]

rip

[turbid nova]

I had the perfect setup from ante 2

[cedar sable]

💔

[stark acorn]

temperance value

[turbid nova]

Runner from the first shop, Jimbo, abstract and hallucination

[woven hare]

🔥

[turbid nova]

Straight runs require lots of tarots

[ancient gyro]

specific tarots*

not lots

[turbid nova]

Yeah

[rustic haven]

ticket is stronger than rebate here right?

with money

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[rustic haven]

$100 for a full 5 card discard

vs 3 triggers and 3 copies of ticket with f5

i dont wanna do the math

but sounds a lot more

[turbid nova]

I think ticket’s better yeah

[frank grove]

each card is like 36 there i think

[ancient gyro]

plus full value 6 dollar delgyat

[waxen quartz]

$180? it's not that complicated

[rustic haven]

alright we get it bro ur so cool

[patent sail]

hey thats goog tho

[waxen quartz]

missed the brainstorm

[rustic haven]

we got a fucking math wizard

[patent sail]

free temperance

[rustic haven]

anyway

thanks twins

[waxen quartz]

without red seal it's that, b/c you copy sock

[ancient gyro]

you have 20 cards, how are you going to get full rebate value

[waxen quartz]

with red seal...$240

[rustic haven]

i have 3 discards bro

[ancient gyro]

without dying

[hearty tusk]

only glass joker remains god damn it

[red briar]

how tf you get so much money

[rustic haven]

wdym without dying

[frank grove]

theyre doing idol every card is the same

[rustic haven]

i have 3 copy jokers and an idol

[ancient gyro]

in terms of greed long term

[rustic haven]

😭

[hearty tusk]

any tips? tryna unlock all jokers

[ancient gyro]

im thinking ahead

[rustic haven]

this build can last me up to e39, and that was my last test without my 2nd blueprint

[waxen quartz]

it's plasma, have some time. hopefully dna shows up

[red briar]

how do i greed hard 🥺

[fiery nymph]

this much

ALSO NICE C+

[frank grove]

rebate is also common they can find it again if they need it with baron mime later

[rustic haven]

deckfixing

[red briar]

oh hi swiss

yeah C+ finally happened but i don't feel like it REALLY happened

[fiery nymph]

ough.

[red briar]

mainly because all my goldstake runs were unusually lucky

my yellow deck gsw had bp and rebate in the first shop

[ancient gyro]

real

[red briar]

i just have no clue how people get bp and brainstorm so often

[ancient gyro]

you're not meant to

[cedar sable]

g

[waxen quartz]

econ and see more cards. about every 1/200 jokers you see is a copy joker

[red briar]

is riffraff actually a good earlygame value generator or nah

[waxen quartz]

yes

[ancient gyro]

some players cant win with every seed so they just favor the stronger ones

as for endless, money

[red briar]

60$ in ante 2 👀

and i died to the water gg

[waxen quartz]

sometimes you need it. I remember a seed where you had to get 30 deep to see a showman, b/c they were so deep the next few antes

[ancient gyro]

did you not spend down or

[cedar sable]

rip

[spiral cairn]

what exactly is the five card draw?

i dont get what the challenge is in this

oh

5 hand size

im stupid

[tough swift]

This run was almost so much better. i got three ankhs from spetrals and 6th sense. And there was a perishable stencil at the beginning

If it was eternal this run would have been legendary

[red briar]

Ouuu shii 👀

it's GENUINELY time

[waxen quartz]

always post the good news before the run falls apart 🙂

[livid scroll]

we did it

the fancy naneinf

[safe flower]

No comment

[cedar sable]

ggs first win done

LOL ok sure

[cedar sable]

i think no one can escape roffle allegations tbh

[harsh relic]

fr ouuu shii 😭🙏🙏

[blissful fog]

Woulda been possible to naneinf if the ecto didn't hit the idol

[red briar]

im confused

someone told me that on plasma deck white stake

5 card hands can carry you to ante 5 with no jokers

unless im playing wrong that isnt the case >_<

[frank grove]

you kinda need planets for that to work

[blissful fog]

Yea

[red briar]

hmm

[waxen quartz]

still is, just need 9 negative copy jokers

or just roll a neg mime/baron

[blissful fog]

Isn't rlly possible ngl, no retcon, baron appearing at ante 22

Haven't even seen dna in so many antes

[pale wolf]

cool

[livid scroll]

weird... i'm pretty sure i did score a naneinf

does it normally take time to get registered?

or did i do anything wrong

[frank grove]

if you do score naneinf it resets the best hand thing to 0

[red briar]

does ancient joker only select suits that you actually have or is it just random

[livid scroll]

didn't it use to put the write "naneinf" on there?

[frank grove]

its random every time, never selecting the same suit twice in a row

[red briar]

so if you're on checkered deck it can still select clubs or diamonds?

[frank grove]

when you just score it yes, when you re-enter the game it goes to. 0

[frank grove]

yes

[livid scroll]

ah i see

[frank grove]

unlike castle which does care what is in your deck, so on checkered castle hits only hearts or spades by default

[red briar]

and i suppose that's the same with idol

if you only have king of hearts it'll select that no matter what

[frank grove]

yeah

same with rebate

[pale wolf]

aj is the only one that doesn't pick from deck

[tranquil steppe]

Ancient is the GOAT

[frank grove]

how much better would aj be if it did select from the deck

[waxen quartz]

how much better does it need to get? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1386889253258264627/1501389873993482400/Screenshot_20260505_210254.png?ex=6a159b08&is=6a144988&hm=175a26027cf933954ef6dca405fdf72e591781425cbcb8672f685aff583cfc27&

[red briar]

holy moola

[long zodiac]

AJ is completely random, it can hit Clubs and Diamonds even on Checkered deck

[vague dawn]

kinda new still to this game but i dont know why brainstorm effects are not working event though the card is compatible when clicked?

[long zodiac]

Riff raff is one of the jokers that is incompatible with brainstorm

[frank grove]

riff raff is compatable with bs/bp but there is just a limited amount of joker slots

[long zodiac]

Oh is it? I thought it was like invis

[red briar]

the econ setup is here

do i throw away rebate

[vague dawn]

so if i sell riff raff it will work?

[red briar]

to copy the mime