1STYEAR - FIRST ANNIVERSARY EVENT

[young cloud]

Posting this here since other chats are being spammed.

Balatro: The 1st Anniversary Recursive Challenge!
"Can you stack up to the deck of 8 challenge cards?! Push the limits and see how far you can take your runs!"
On Balatro's 1st anniversary, Jimbo challenges you to a special kind of seeded run, a Recursive Challenge!
The objective of the run is simple. Play with the following rules:

Vanilla only, on the most up-to-date version available on your platform of choice.
You must beat a run on the seed 1STYEAR.
Any Deck is allowed.
White Stake difficulty must be selected.
All Jokers and Vouchers must be unlocked. Use a new save file with "Unlock All" if necessary.

Once you complete the run, you've banked the 1st challenge card!
...and then, unspoiler the next card! Its rules now apply.
Rerun the challenge with the newly applied rule, and as always, all previous rules apply!
Find out what you're made of as more and more strategies fall by the wayside. Can you complete the whole 8 card deck?
If you're confident your currently banked run already succeeds the newly revealed card, feel free to skip it!

1 - No additional rules.
||2 - You can now only buy things if you hold 4$ after the fact. (If a Voucher costs 10$ to buy, you need 14$ to buy it!)||
||3 - Blue Stake now applies. Overwrites White Stake.||
||4 - Ancient Joker, Bloodstone and The Order are restricted.||
||5 - Editions are now restricted.||
||6 - The purchase restriction is raised to 6$ for Uncommon Jokers, and 8$ for Rare Jokers. (Everything else is left at 4$.)||
||7 - You must acquire Omen Globe to bank this run.||
||8 - Painted Deck must be used! Overwrites any Deck.||

More challenges (9-26) here:
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Challenges (27-39):
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Challenges (40-52):
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[obsidian gate]

goat post

[upbeat prairie]

What does ‘editions’ even mean

[obsidian gate]

holo, foil, poly

[obsidian gate]

maybe negative? but i don't think so, idk

[upbeat prairie]

Ohhhh that would make sense

[languid totem]

THANK YOU

@analog pebble

[frosty merlin]

ooooh this challenge is kinda nice with erratic... 👀

[young cloud]

1STYEAR - FIRST ANNIVERSARY EVENT

[crude wren]

what does ||purchase restriction|| mean?

[young cloud]

Read rule 2

[crude wren]

ahh thanks

[frank elbow]

It seems... unwise to have an unslowed unrestricted chat at this point in time

[young cloud]

I think we’re okay, this post has been up almost 30 minutes with minimal chat.

[spiral harness]

so does this actually unlock anything or is this just for fun? cause I beat the seed already and nothing happened

[analog pebble]

It's just for fun

[spiral harness]

alr

[buoyant stump]

Test

Nope images still won't fucking send

Whatever I did the seed on my first try

[formal bay]

flush enjoyer

[night hinge]

So fun

[lost rune]

perkeoo

[hearty needle]

Yurrrr

[lost rune]

i forgot to ss highest score shi

on ante 8*

[hearty needle]

Still running mine lolll

[lost rune]

lets see who the highest

then

till game over

[obsidian gate]

i haven't hit the E's yet

[slender sonnet]

How do I “‘unlock all”’

[lost rune]

same

[supple obsidian]

I could probably have gotten higher but just decided to skip when I had enough for ante 8

[obsidian gate]

at the main menu click on profile -> create new -> unlock button should be there

[lost rune]

mvm i already hit e

[supple obsidian]

my final jokers

[analog pebble]

Since y'all are playing nice here

The Recursive Challenge Full Deck Run!

"So that wasn't enough...? Well, let's see how far you can take it."

9 - ||Rules 1-8 apply. Each time you use a Tarot card, you must sell a card before using another one. This is called the "consumable cooldown".||
10 - ||Five of a Kind, Flush House and Flush Five are restricted.||
11 - ||8 Ball is restricted.||
12 - ||Tier 2 Vouchers except Omen Globe are restricted.||
13 - ||Runs are only banked after reaching Ante 9!||
-# And the beginning of the abyss peers back.

[obsidian gate]

you sir, aren't playing nice with these extra rules!

❤️

[slender sonnet]

Thx

[timid edge]

my greed consumed me :(

[lost rune]

shii

thanks god i remmeber my last ctarot was temperence

got money torerol

[obsidian gate]

e11 so far

[obsidian gate]

now to find that perkeo

[supple obsidian]

ya didn't see any of those cards

[lost rune]

BRO I FORGOT THAT MY FLUSH FIVE IS WACK

[obsidian gate]

blueprint was somewhere around ante 4 or 5

[lost rune]

Should've been use five of kind

shit

[obsidian gate]

guys, this seed is a legendary seed. wheel of fortune hits first try

[hearty needle]

Not bad I think!

I haven't hit an e number yet lmao

[analog pebble]

And you won't

The Recursive Challenge Full Deck Run!

*"So that wasn't enough...? Well, let's see how far you can take it."

9 - ||Rules 1-8 apply. Each time you use a Tarot card, you must sell a card before using another one. This is called the "consumable cooldown".||
10 - ||Five of a Kind, Flush House and Flush Five are restricted.||
11 - ||8 Ball is restricted.||
12 - ||Tier 2 Vouchers except Omen Globe are restricted.||
13 - ||Runs are only banked after beating Ante 9!||
-# And the beginning of the abyss peers back.

14 - ||Freebie. You may ignore any one rule of your choice, except rules that are numbered 13 or a multiple of 13.||
15 - ||Hands with an even level are restricted. (You can't play a Lv 2. High Card!)||
16 - ||Hanging Chad is restricted if you have Photograph. Photograph is restricted if you have Hanging Chad.||
17 - ||You must win Ante 8 with a deck of at least 53 cards.||
18 - ||You must collect Director's Cut to bank the run! Overwrites rule 12, other vouchers still restricted.||
19 - ||Planet cards are subject to the consumable cooldown. All consumable types have the same cooldown. The cooldown lapses on sell or on pack skip!||
20 - ||You must play the Small Blind on Ante 1.||
21 - ||Hanging Chad and Photograph are restricted. No Photo nor chad.||
22 - ||You must play Ante 1 at x0.5 speed. (You can ignore this card on all future attempts.)||
23 - ||The purchase restriction is now 8$ for Uncommons, 10$ for Rares, and 6$ for everything else.||
24 - ||Steel Cards are restricted.||
25 - ||Gold Cards are restricted.||
26 - ||Runs are only banked after beating Round 27!||

What on earth

[obsidian gate]

egg, when you say multiples of 13, how many multiples are there?

[hearty needle]

Me rn

[analog pebble]

Four, right?

13, 26, 39, 52

since there's 52 cards in a deck

[obsidian gate]

genius

20 - You must play the Small Blind on Ante 1

tldr: should have skipped the small blind

22 is just evil, take it back.

[dull lava]

it is lmao
goated deck

are we supposed to always use the same seed or only the first time?

[wraith meteor]

me spotted

ill also probably check what i get with my mods on this s33d actually, not gonna do the challenge ofc

[buoyant stump]

Test

[fleet smelt]

That was a very silly run to start this challenge with :P

Can't believe it actually worked

[brave crag]

[timber kayak]

can you pin messages in threads at all, cause having the extra stuff pinned or added to the first message would be great

[raven brook]

Well… I’m going into hibernation

[slender sonnet]

Well part 1 is done 🙂

[analog pebble]

The Recursive Challenge Full Deck Run!

"So that wasn't enough...? Well, let's see how far you can take it."

9 - ||Rules 1-8 apply. Each time you use a Tarot card, you must sell a card before using another one. This is called the "consumable cooldown".||
10 - ||Five of a Kind, Flush House and Flush Five are restricted.||
11 - ||8 Ball is restricted.||
12 - ||Tier 2 Vouchers except Omen Globe are restricted.||
13 - ||Runs are only banked after beating Ante 9!||
-# And the beginning of the abyss peers back.

14 - ||Freebie. You may ignore any one rule of your choice, except rules that are numbered 13 or a multiple of 13.||
15 - ||Hands with an even level are restricted. (You can't play a Lv 2. High Card!)||
16 - ||Hanging Chad is restricted if you have Photograph. Photograph is restricted if you have Hanging Chad.||
17 - ||You must win Ante 8 with a deck of at least 53 cards.||
18 - ||You must collect Retcon to bank the run! Overwrites rule 12, other vouchers still restricted.||
19 - ||Planet cards are subject to the consumable cooldown. All consumable types share the same cooldown. The cooldown lapses on sell or on pack skip!||
20 - ||You must play the Small Blind on Ante 1.||
21 - ||Hanging Chad and Photograph are restricted. No Photo nor chad.||
22 - ||You must play Ante 1 at x0.5 speed. (You may ignore this card after doing it once.)||
23 - ||The purchase restriction is now 8$ for Uncommons, 10$ for Rares, and 6$ for everything else.||
24 - ||Steel Cards are restricted.||
25 - ||Gold Cards are restricted.||
26 - ||Runs are only banked after beating Round 27!||
-# And the eyes have stories to tell.

27 - ||Freebie 3. You may ignore any three rules of your choice, except rules that are numbered 13 or a multiple of 13. This stacks with 14, meaning you ignore four!||
28 - ||Lucky Cards are restricted.||
29 - ||Death is restricted. No, not losing the run, the Tarot card.||
30 - ||Suit-changing Tarot cards are restricted. Yes, even Lovers and Tower.||
31 - ||You must redeem at least one Spectral card to bank the run.||
32 - ||You can't earn 5$ in Interest two rounds in a row.||
33 - ||You must defeat Amber Acorn to bank the run.||
34 - ||You can't earn the same amount of Interest three rounds in a row. 0$ is a valid amount. Please, no jokes.||
35 - ||You must play Ante 2 at x1 speed. (You may ignore this card after doing it once.)||
36 - ||Skipping packs no longer lapses the consumable cooldown.||
37 - ||You must have at least two cards with seals to bank the run.||
38 - ||Restricted enhanced cards are allowed unless they trigger (including held in hand effects). You must have at least two Steel cards to bank the run.||
39 - ||Plasma Deck is required. Runs are only banked after beating Round 28! (Overwrites Painted.)||
-# And the stories engage tears swell.

40 - ||Freebie 6. You may ignore six rules of your choice, except rules that are numbered 13 or a multiple of 13. This stacks with 14 and 27, meaning you ignore ten!||
41 - ||When you play a round with one or more rules ignored, you lose the run.||
42 - ||Ignore other rules pertaining to Interest. Once you earn 5$ in Interest in one round, you can never earn any less each round.||
43 - ||You know what, just take this one. This run is starting to collapse in on itself.||
44 - ||You need to have held Joker (Jimbo) at least once to bank the run.||
45 - ||You need to have played and "scored" at least one debuffed card to bank the run.||
46 - ||You must score Four of a Kind at least once to bank the run.||
47 - ||Seals are restricted, but allowed unless they trigger (including discard/held in hand effects).||
48 - ||Enhancements are restricted.||
49 - ||Rare Jokers are restricted.||
50 - ||Holding "R" to restart is restricted.||
51 - ||Freebie 3. You may ignore any three rules of your choice, except rules that are numbered 13 or a multiple of 13. This totals... thirteen!||
52 - You only get one chance at this run. Play with honor. Good luck. ||When you begin this run, start at 20 minute timer. Every time you clear a round, gain Freebie 1. You complete the Full Deck run if you can ignore fifty-two different rules. You are allowed to ignore rules 13, 26 and 39. Victories no longer matter. You are only allowed to restart (either by death or manually) four times!||

[wraith meteor]

Decided to check out a modded version of the s33d out of curiosity and yeah

it doesnt count but i was curious

[dusky pond]

Rule 50 being a fuck you like rules 22 and 35

[analog pebble]

Rule 50 is actually relevant to be fair

because of Rule 52

Don't want you to forget and burn through all of those

[fleet smelt]

I think at some point I'll just break rules by accident and not realize

Since there's so many

Could someone make a mod for this

[wintry abyss]

couldve made it soo much further got screwed lol wasnt paying attention

[bold moth]

Do i up the stakes moving on to the next card

[blissful sentinel]

My best run at the seed.

[analog pebble]

Only if the card says to

Balatro: The 1st Anniversary Recursive Challenge!

"Can you stack up to the deck of 8 challenge cards?! Push the limits and see how far you can take your runs!"
On Balatro's 1st anniversary, Jimbo challenges you to a special kind of seeded run, a Recursive Challenge!
The objective of the run is simple. Play with the following rules:

• Vanilla only, on the most up-to-date version available on your platform of choice.
• You must beat a run on the seed 1STYEAR.
• Any Deck is allowed.
• White Stake difficulty must be selected.
• All Jokers and Vouchers must be unlocked. Use a new save file with "Unlock All" if necessary.

Once you complete the run, you've banked the 1st challenge card!
...and then, unspoiler the next card! Its rules now apply.
Rerun the challenge with the newly applied rule, and as always, all previous rules apply!
Find out what you're made of as more and more strategies fall by the wayside. Can you complete the whole 8 card deck?
-# If you're confident your currently banked run already succeeds the newly revealed card, feel free to skip it!

1 - No additional rules.
2 - ||You can now only buy things if you hold at least 4$ after the fact. (If a Voucher costs 10$ to buy, you need at least 14$ to buy it!)||
3 - ||Blue Stake now applies. Overwrites White Stake.||
4 - ||Ancient Joker, Bloodstone and The Order are restricted.||
5 - ||Editions are now restricted.||
6 - ||The purchase restriction is raised to 6$ for Uncommon Jokers, and 8$ for Rare Jokers. (Everything else is left at 4$.)||
7 - ||You must acquire Omen Globe to bank this run.||
8 - ||Painted Deck must be used! Overwrites any Deck.||

[hardy violet]

Neg is also an edition

[supple obsidian]

101 million on ante8

legendary didn't seem to appear until ante 12 for me

[crimson hornet]

ante 11 soul card

|| I like how one of the challenges is straight up "lose this run unless you disable this rule" which is kinda fucked up ngl ||

[crude wren]

Decided to just go straight to rule 8. Was not an easy run and needed a lot of trial, error and arguing in vc.

Final jokers were (you gotta trust me cuz i forgot pictures 💀 ) ||half joker, obelisk, card sharp, stuntman||

Honorable mentions to ||gros michel, walkie talkie and jolly joker, justice||. Couldnt have beaten it without you guys.

[fleet smelt]

Rule 3 GG + I think this is the highest score I've seen posted in here :o

Also, ||Idk if this is astronomically high luck, but The Idol kept targeting my Two of Hearts for multiple antes, even though I was far from done with my deckfixing... To the point where I'd say the seed caused it, somehow||

[fleet smelt]

I wonder if I could get an even stronger score with Ghost Deck and Deja Vu 🤔

[dark tinsel]

What....the....f

[dense sluice]

||For #2 is the intent to have more than 4$ after you buy something or do you have to have exactly 4$ whenever something is bought?||

[pliant valve]

|| the way it mentions the voucher seems like you need at least $4 ||

[tame leaf]

how am I banked a challenge card? I won and didnt seem to unlock anything

[steady epoch]

the hardest part of the challenge is actually reaching blue stake on painted deck 😭

[dark tinsel]

You have to have at least 4 dollars remaining after the purchase

[iron horizon]

Any tips on challenge 4? Kinda stuck

[steady epoch]

i just skipped that cause my strat never used any of the jokers

lol

on the first pack on ante 1 theres hologram and ante 3 you have obelisk, thats what i use for my runs

gg!

i beat the final challenge

[faint viper]

Me over here not able to beat rule 2 💀

[steady epoch]

if you struggle that badly i used yellow deck during the early levels

early game eco is really just the issue

[faint viper]

How does that help at all though? You can only buy things if you have 4$ after the fact

[steady epoch]

at least 4

[faint viper]

Thats not what the rule says buddy

It says specifically 4$, and the example itself says if you want a voucher you NEED 14$ to buy it

[steady epoch]

needing implies minimum amount

[faint viper]

I see... then I guess its just a wording issue... thanks!

[steady epoch]

if it was an exact amount it would probably be specified that it had to be an exact value

also i dont think they would make challenge 2 be harder than like further challenges

[faint viper]

Well I didnt see further challenges

[faint viper]

Alright just so I dont get confused again, does rule 3 ||simply mean -1 discard, or does it also mean red stake, green stake, black stake stuff||

Im assuming the latter

[analog pebble]

It's a wording issue

Updated

[faint viper]

Thanks egg

You the goat

[analog pebble]

I had a lot of fun with "4" specifically

Though I did not initially realize photochad was in this run

so uh

[faint viper]

Lol

And bp

Seed do be pretty strong

Especially if I did glitches

[faint viper]

Oh hey speaking of I guess I just did that

Me when I ||use judgement|| and ||it gives me foil joker|| when Im doing rule 5 😭

[analog pebble]

lmfao

I had that happen to me to

[faint viper]

I swear this shouldnt be so much harder because the ||only edition I got holographic cards|| but apparently Im being greedier this time or something cause it aint working

Thats it Im gonna use bugs now

Im getting to bored 😭

[faint viper]

Gosh dang it rule ||5||

31 billlion hand for rule ||5|| lol, guess I didnt need smeared for that last hand but whatever

||Oh I think I also did 6 with this? and I 100% did 7 so I guess its time for 8||

[faint viper]

||305 million to beat rule 8!||

Granted these last 2 runs were with bugs, but hey I had fun

anyways thats all for today

Thanks for the challenges so far Egg 🫡

[analog pebble]

So far is the apt term

If you don't hate me by 13 I will be shocked

[prisma pier]

ante 14 has a negative baron about 200 cards in (had 3 cards for shop and was doing about 20 rerolls each)

so 6th sense up a cryptid is probably the best approach for a39/naninf on this one. (and buy all the purp seals you see, deck fix is pretty easy)

this works but prob isn't the way to go about it 🙂 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1116389027675906110/1342739590477512765/Screenshot_20250222_010718.png?ex=67babb31&is=67b969b1&hm=ef81fa3a3f05f1d8d6a40bc041b7e8e5ced7a41a7a9f2b9c204c9eb9626689a0&

[steady epoch]

@analog pebblesorry for the ping but after reading every extra challenges i got a question
(||during challenge 52 do you start with the freebies, and do you lose the freebies if you ignore them||)

Most of the challenges sound free because theyre things i already did do / did not do

[analog pebble]

You start with them, yes

Unless you choose to ignore them

[steady epoch]

what happens when you ignore them during the run

[analog pebble]

Whell

You make it harder

[steady epoch]

but you gotta do it at some point right

the obelisk makes the whole challenge so free

[analog pebble]

Not necessarily

You just need to be able to ignore 52 rules

[steady epoch]

right now that i think of it

i dont need to do it right away

in that case i believe i can do the whole challenge list with no issues

[feral plinth]

this whole shenanigans only for fun right?

[analog pebble]

yep

[wintry abyss]

wait lol i thought we eventually had to play with all rules at once 😂

[steady epoch]

I mean you do?

[wintry abyss]

micromanaging goes crazy

[steady epoch]

Just finished 38

if i keep using the same strat i pretty much clear the whole thing

[wintry abyss]

im sure id be like rule 30 and forget a rule then mess everything up 😂 especially since im on mobile

[steady epoch]

just read the rules before doing anything

fr

so this is funny

[wintry abyss]

lol take a day to get to ante 8

[steady epoch]

i guess we are going to plasma deck :D

[wintry abyss]

i did erratic for my first lol someone told me to

had like 40 jacks

[steady epoch]

until painted was forced i did yellow deck

i pretty much just need to continue doing my strat and use my rule skips on any rules that attempt to stop it

[wintry abyss]

idk what painted deck even does lol

i forgot there were skips 😂

[feral plinth]

rule#||2 is basically your minimum money is $4? and below it you cannot spend?||

[steady epoch]

when you buy something you need to have at least 4$ extra after buying

[feral plinth]

ahhh

[wintry abyss]

so you just know where ecto and bps are?

lmao

[steady epoch]

I take the hologram from ante 1 along with the gold seal 5

ante 3 has the obelisk which is the key for the run

[wintry abyss]

obelisk?

[wintry abyss]

i always confuse myself there 😂

so you just spam high card? until then

[steady epoch]

due to eco issues i NEED to skip ante 1 small to buy the things on the first shop
which means I have to use one of the skips on rule 20

since the whole run is possible without photgraph and chad i wont bother messing with it

eco is very important through the whole run so 2 extra skips go to the interest rules

[wintry abyss]

how do you work with obelisk after ante 3

never used it

[steady epoch]

by the end of ante 2 i should have around 10-12 high cards

which is more than enough to start playing other hands

[steady epoch]

also buy the banana to help you on the flint

[wintry abyss]

i should just use all my extra hands on high card or save for money

[steady epoch]

your money should mostly come from interest and the gold seal card

• you are going to barely spend any money since we know where everything is

[wintry abyss]

we do?

[steady epoch]

you are playing a seeded run

you know where everything is

[wintry abyss]

aight ty for the helps times to go do what noobs do best

[analog pebble]

This was one of the main motivations for a challenge like this

Each challenge card was designed to either fuck with you turn up the ante, or to force you to learn the seed better

[steady epoch]

most of the challenges were free though

cause i took the correct route from the beginning

if i can figure out a way to win with plasma i basically won

[faint viper]

Actually I think my 8 run already did it besides 9 and 10, so I guess it I just repeat that run besides those then easy win, right guys

[faint viper]

I accidentally found a new use for a bug in this challenge so thats good

[faint viper]

Well I dont hate you so Ig you have been shocked

uhh Egg, rule 18 doesnt overwrite anything

I think you meant to put ||Retcon||

[analog pebble]

[dark tinsel]

So Rule 41. Does it apply to boss blinds? Could you skip everything but bosses and not use rule ignores?

[analog pebble]

A round is a round. If the rounds on the bottom left ever exceed 1, you lose

[dark tinsel]

So impossible to play with it active then

[faint viper]

Yeah

Btw if I get rid of rule 2, does that also get rid of anything related to 2 like 6 or does it basically do nothing and Id have to get rid of both

[analog pebble]

It cascades. if the purchase restriction doesn't exist, it doesn't exist

[faint viper]

Alright so if you attack the root the tree falls down

I understand

will I be doing the rest of the challenge? No. But atleast I understand now

[prisma pier]

ok, cryptid is the 25th or so card generated from sixth sense. yeesh. maybe save the blue or gold seal ones? saw them a lot

[prisma pier]

it's a really cool seed in that there's lots of ways to win. but fully breaking it (b/c it after all has perkeo)...I just did creative mode. pathing this would be ugly

(save from the ante 14 shop, delete the - and everything after to use

[steady epoch]

hmmmm i wonder where one of the skips is forced to go into

🤔

[dark tinsel]

I was trying to figure if it was possible to do the whole challenge without a skip

Not in the spirit, but also, you could technically just skip straight to rule 13, the last before any freebies

[analog pebble]

One change

Rule 41: When you play a round with one or more rules ignored, you lose the run.

[spark cypress]

What does “And the stories engage tears swell” mean btw?

Is there a typo?

[hardy violet]

How did we jump to rule 41?

[analog pebble]

It meant something, but I forgot
Don't really worry about the small text. I'm sure it was a reference to something

[deft spindle]

And so lets say i already beaten 12 rules one by one, the 13th run i plat with all previous rules as with stakes? If yes, then why does rule 9 say rules 1-8 apply?

[deft spindle]

And also in one of the rules it says that you can only bank the run if youve gotten directors cut, ignoring rule 12 but directors cut is a tier 1 voucher

[dark tinsel]

Look again, He fixed it in a post

[dark tinsel]

Also, I imagine it says this because its in a different post, a clarification

[faint viper]

If you look in pins its fixed

[deft spindle]

Ok thanks

[magic cove]

negative does count

[analog pebble]

Negative is indeed an edition

[faint viper]

Which is kinda weird since WoF cant give it