Inflate (Spectral Card)

[magic swan]

Ability: Add $5 of sell value to every joker

Edit: @bleak kiln suggested the name "Charm" which sounds much better and fits much better into the Spectral Card Pool.

Or any amount of money. Having a Spectral that adds sell value to many jokers at once just seems like another neat addition.

[final topaz]

Useless filler in the spectral card pool

[bright valley]

Nonono, I think this is interesting. Lots of spectrals have drawbacks, this one is an econ one but is locked behind selling stuff. Plus it has some synergies, especially with temperance

Maybe it should apply to consumables as well?

Also it could use a better name, worrying about the worlds economy doesn’t sound as mythical as the other spectral names

[vague depot]

Tbf that raises it to 25$ potential per, and consumables tend to be less bad to sell

So id argue no for consumables

[bright valley]

My only issue with this is that it might be too good with temperance, maybe make the player select a single joker to increase the value of, since the player is unlikely to be selling every joker anyway

[vague depot]

5$ would be way too little for that tho

[final topaz]

This is not useful very often compared to other spectrals, when do you find yourself wanting sell value over

Anything else a spectral can give you

Actual money, seals, jokers, enhancements

[vague depot]

Ankh and Hex

Both useless past first 3-4 antes

Ouija

Often a dead card draw

[bright valley]

Ah yes, losing all money because I want a rare joker when I already have a solid build

[vague depot]

Ecto, often not needed

This is incredibly good for a spectral BECAUSE it's never thr worst option

[bright valley]

Ah yes, filling my deck with enhanced number cards when I’m trying to thin

[vague depot]

There'll often be a better one

But it'll never be the worst

[final topaz]

Like trance

[bright valley]

Some spectrals actively hurt certain builds or playstyles.

This one can only help.

[vague depot]

This isn't the best idea

But this definitely is a good one, that'd be healthy for the fame

(Tho I'd either make it 4$ per, or 6$ on 3 Jokers.)

[final topaz]

You convinced Me

[vague depot]

Im glad

[vague depot]

Alsobthis is because it currently gives you half of Temperance's max in straight value, making it overtuned

[twin wyvern]

Yeah I think $4 is fair

[magic swan]

I was thinking that too

[magic swan]

I tried to find names about gaining money that fit with the mystical-magical themes of the other Spectrals but that is hard to find.

[final topaz]

Consumables should get less

Otherwise you just get two useless planets and obtain 10 dollars for free

[bleak kiln]

Maybe like "Charm" or "Wish"?

[vague depot]

I think putting it consumables overtunes it a shit ton

It becomes better gift card

One of these equal 4-5 rounds of maintaining gift card

[regal barn]

To be fair cryptid is also pretty good with no downsides. This just let's you open spectral packs without skipping

More often at least

[vague depot]

Think about the difference here tho

Cryptid replaces two rounds of good DNA pulls

This replaces 5 rounds of Giftcard

IMO not comparable

[regal barn]

Wdym

Like is it underpowered or overpowered

[vague depot]

It's perfectly powered, over powered if you include Consumables

[bright valley]

And hermit doesn’t already do that?

[final topaz]

Immolate is better than Hermit because of the early game

Then again, you could make the same argument for this

[final topaz]

Two cheap packs cost 8 dollars netting you very little

[bright valley]

In general, spectrals have much more drastic effects than tarots

[final topaz]

The point of spectrals, with exceptions, is to be a sort of deal with the devil

[bright valley]

Exactly. This gives you money, if you sell stuff.

[regal barn]

i still think its fine to have options with no downsides to actually make spectrals good late game

[bright valley]

Yeah, it’d suck if sealing a card had a downside since you still have to work to use the seal

[magic swan]

It's not necessarily supposed to be amazing. If you made every card in the game absolutely incredible getting those good cards would seem less rewarding. It's good to have semi-useless cards that do end up being useful in certain builds.
Edit: I will add though, Spectral cards seem to be one of those things in the game that practically all of the cards are pretty good, so for that what you're saying makes sense. Maybe if this was a tarot card it would make more sense except make it only add like $1 or $2 to sell value so it isn't OP.

[magic swan]

Charm actually sounds pretty good