Tarot Card concept

[winged blaze]

Reverse Judgement
Destroy selected Joker, the next time a Judgement card is used, it'll create a copy of the destroyed Joker

A deceptively simple tarot, the main idea was to make it so you get to "keep" a Joker saved up for later, since finding a specific Tarot card is much, much easier than finding a specific joker, specially of higher rarities, (maybe you found a joker that's stronger in the moment and want to make room for it, but you want to keep a different joker in the long run for example), but the more I thought about it more uses for it came to mind.
You can use it to save a joker you really don't want to lose when using Hex/Ankh/Invisible Joker on a different joker. You can use it as a pseudo-Showman by destroying a Joker you want another copy of, and then using Judgement after you found another copy naturally in the shop. In higher stakes you can use it to get rid of Rental or Perishable stickers on a joker you really want to keep.

I called it Reverse Judgement simply because I think it's the most logical way to add more Tarot cards to the game, but the exact mechanics for how/if Reverse Tarots would differ from regular Tarots is not really the main point of this post. But if you were to ask me I'd say just making it so Tarot cards have an innate 1 in 4 chance to become a Reverse Tarot instead would work nicely.

[winged blaze]

Bumpin with a quick and dirty mockup

||Yes I based the look of reverse tarot cards from Isaac, but I limited myself to the Balatro color palette||

[tawny shoal]

um

what benefit does destroying a joker and then creating a copy of it give exactly

oh i just read the thing

seems odd idk

[winged blaze]

Honestly that's a big part of why I like the idea so much

It doesn't immediately read crazy, but if you think about it more you can see the scenarios where it becomes really strong

[tawny shoal]

i mean

regardless its still very niche

a potential oversight maybe is that this just lets you get a free copy of an eternap

l

which is again situational

[abstract compass]

Instead of creating a copy of a joker you destroyed, why not create a copy of a joker you destroyed but as an upgraded version of that joker

So instead of destroying a random uncommon and then re creating it

destroy that uncommon

Give the same uncommon back with an edition instead

Because below black stake where there are no eternals its basically useless otherwise

[simple gyro]

No there's one use

You can duplicate jokers

Since while not owning it, you can pick up another copy

Find judgement and make another

[fickle barn]

Wait, shouldn't this spawn a restock machine? I was gonna use it in the secret room to try and find rock bottom.

[tawny shoal]

lel

[limpid umbra]

works well with food jokers

[dusty rapids]

you could get rid of a joker temporarily that you want later incase you find an ankh

or hex

[tawdry walrus]

Joker storage