Holdout Joker | Balatro | Page 1

left otter Jul 3, 2025, 1:22 AM

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[Uncommon]
If played hand is 4 of a kind and contains a scoring Ace, create a randomly enhanced Ace and add it to the hand.

-# Referencing the act of using a "holdout" in poker to keep a card until it would improve the user's hand (in this case it would be an ace for the classic "Ace up your sleeve" saying). This would NOT work with 5oak or 5f, but it could be used to deck fix to eventually pivot towards one of those hands.

weak yew Jul 3, 2025, 1:35 AM

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Honestly why not just copy the ace

left otter Jul 3, 2025, 1:40 AM

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🤷

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I thought adding enhanced cards would be fun

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Kinda like certificate

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But controlled

delicate pine Jul 3, 2025, 1:53 AM

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So did you intend for this to only work for ace 4oak or do you also want this to trigger for unscored aces. Just wanted to confirm.

left otter Jul 3, 2025, 2:00 AM

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delicate pine So did you intend for this to only work for ace 4oak or do you also want this to...

Reworded a bit, thanks for pointing that out

timid brook Jul 3, 2025, 2:34 AM

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Prob not rare material tbh, it’s like a harder DNA for the most part that actually adds bloat for super late game (assuming you decided to go Idol or smth)

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I had a very similar idea that with some tweaking ended up being uncommon https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1379560010652061806

left otter Jul 3, 2025, 2:35 AM

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I was really struggling with the choice between rare and uncommon

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Its a mix between DNA and Certificate but it requires setup

left otter Jul 3, 2025, 2:37 AM

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timid brook I had a very similar idea that with some tweaking ended up being uncommon https:...

also yeah your idea is basically mine with any card lol

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Pretty funny we both came up with the same idea ig

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I changed it to uncommon after reading through your idea

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