#Mahjong Deck (other idea)

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spring plinth
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This deck has only 3 suits, which ones is randomly chosen each run.
No 10s
All hands are debuffed to LVL 0, scoring no chips and mult, except for Straight, Straight Flush, 3oak, 4oak and Pair. (even the secret ones)
The LVL 0 ones can still be upgraded with Planets though.

Possible in-game description:

All 10s and one random suit is missing.
Some hands are stronger than others.

Maybe:
Would be nice if it was 3 suits times 4 even, but that would be a very big deck. A big deck is not part of the existing decks though and with only 3 suits and multiples of every card has it's own pros and cons in regards to deckfixing.
It could also just have normal LVL 1 in all hands but the above noted one start at LVL 2 or even a bit higher.

Possible cardback:
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quaint zodiac
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Too complex for deck

soft hound
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Look at cryptid and say that again

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definately doable

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# quaint zodiac Too complex for deck

The shape of the deck and the state of the hands are literally the only thing special.
But the level of the hands can also start at 1 normally. I added that as a "maybe" to the description

candid fossil
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Vanilla decks have 1 thing special about them

spring plinth
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Green Deck:

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Magic Deck

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And others, not gonna put them all here. But those are more than "one special thing"

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And the things I mentioned just go in line with how Mahjong is played

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But people who don't play Mahjong might not see that

candid fossil
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This feels way more like a challenge than a deck

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And honestly it would be a fun challenge

spring plinth
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Added it to the og post

brave gust
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"some hands are stronger than others" feels too ambiguous for balatro

candid fossil
spring plinth
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Reminder that checkered deck doesn't even specify what kind of cards, just the suit

grafik.png
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And also that I had no idea what this meant until like.. dozens of runs later

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delicate rampart
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Thats inherently different, there is context clues there vs "some hands are weaker"

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delicate rampart
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I do think having varying hand levels is a good idea

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I js think it's not the best wording

delicate rampart
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delicate rampart
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I'm not saying "this is 100% clear%

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I'm saying "your idea is still significantly less clear than that"

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Becayse it has no background context and therefore no assumption to be made

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delicate rampart
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delicate rampart
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I still think your idea is good just not worded fully

spring plinth
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And I think it doesn't need to be specified

delicate rampart
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You shouldn't need outside info to understand the game, anything that isn't communicated explicitly is still assumable because of game standards.

This isn't the same, even if the idea itself is neat

gritty cosmos
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I think to be more in the spirit of Mahjong (I'm guessing based on Riichi Mahjong, since that's what I'm familiar with) Two Pair should be allowed (Chiitoitsu my beloved), with an additional rule of being able to play 3 Card Straight Flushes that aree scored as Straights, and here's my idea for some better wording.
All 10s and one random suit are missing.
Hands start at different levels.
3 card Straight Flushes can be played and scored as Straights.

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gritty cosmos
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gritty cosmos
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So in Riichi, you make a 14 card hand that 3 sets and 1 pair (with some exceptions), hence the 3 card straight thing, with 4oaks only kind of being a thing, but mostly being treated as 3oak. There is one special hand that is instead made of 7 pairs, hence my considering of Two Pair. I think the secret hands should be Lvl 1 because you can't see them from the beginning, so it would feel bad to have to play a Lvl 0 hand to unlock it. Not saying either of our interpretations are right or wrong, just explaining mine and what I think should be tweaked about yours (the secret hands).

spring plinth
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Oh the 7 pairs is also in trad. chinese Mahjong, yeah. But it's a special hand like 13 Orphans, I didn't want to put that kinda nonsense in here since it's a niche thing.
But you do have a good point with the secret hands not being visible!

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This then
High Card Lvl 0
Pair Lvl 0
Two Pair Lvl 0
3oak Lvl 2
Straight Lvl 1
Flush Lvl 0
Full House Lvl 1
4oak Lvl 3
Straight Flush Lvl 2
5oak Lv1
Flush House Lv1
Flush Five Lv1

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boreal cipher
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Bro thinks TS is yugioh

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