obtuse zinc
G'day folks, so this one is quite the doozy for one specific reason: Couldn't find a mime (that or I was blind at one point). Regardless, this run has some potential to go further without the help of mime if smart with the distribution of enhanced cards. Here is how it starts:
The first step is to take the rare joker skip on the first blind as it will grant you the baron. For me, I played this run on ghost deck so I could polychrome the rare joker if it was worth it. Probably best not to if you want to ecto the baron, but other options further into the run would allow the polychrome. I would also recommend taking the hand size voucher at the start since you will have $10 and it also doesn't reappear back anytime soon in the run.
Ante 2 will present you with the blank voucher, which you can take as antimatter appears later on in Ante 13. From this point for a while, just play normally as you would on high card runs with spamming it for telescope value later down the track. After the first small blind, take the spectral pack in the shop for the best immolate you could ever have. No kings will appear in the pack. If you do decide to play this on ghost deck and polychrome the baron, it's recommended to take any flat mult joker as the drawing of kings is rough if you don't have enough levels to suffice for the time being
Ante 3 will have Directors Cut which you will need for the Ante 15 boss. After defeating the small blind, you will be presented with a hanging chad with foil that is fine for a source of chips for the time being. It's not going to last forever, the sole purpose of the chad is the chips. From here, keep playing as you would. If you have survived up to ante 6, roll in the shop until you get an ahnk and burn everything down for the double baron. If you have reserved parking, it will come back in 5 rolls of the shop as well as abstract if you have that for flat mult. Just keep playing as you normally would, but ensure that you have enough gold cards in hand for rerolling
Now that you have reached ante 8, you will notice that the first shop contains an invisible joker. Take it and once it's ready, sell all jokers that aren't baron to complete the triple baron dream. Now, you can just do what you want but I will point out some useful jokers to take or consider to:
- At some point after Ante 9, you can find a burnt joker to take as you can get very high with the levels (level 75 is my pb for this seed)
- Troubador is great for the +2 hand size since you'll be playing one hand anyhow. That can be picked up in ante 10 or 9 depending on the money situation
- Ante 12 shop before the boss will have a Brainstorm in it for 4 barons. I recommend taking this to replace reserved parking
- The shop after the small blind in Ante 14 will have another invisible joker. It will grant you a 4th baron
That's all for now. I am working on refining this run as there is massive potential to be had if one single mime appeared. Good luck to all of you on this and have fun!
~ WalterET
(First image was my first go at it, second image is my second run for this seed)
