Small(?) buff to Merry Andy

[tough aspen]

Current wording: "+3 discards, -1 hand size"
Proposed rework: "Gain +3 discards and lose 1 hand size upon selecting blind"
Changes: Allows the joker to counteract The Water, useful for discard-reliant builds. Gives the joker copy compatibility, as with Burglar, and allows it to be used alongside Burglar as an actual synergy. Allows for the downside to not interfere with card draws in arcana and spectral packs.

Small(?) buff to Merry Andy

[hexed shell]

I like

[fading falcon]

i like the buff although the wording does seem a bit confusing since "lose 1 hand size upon selecting the blind" kind of implies your hand size continually gets lower and lower

not sure what else you would say tho

[hexed shell]

Burglar has the same confusion

[fading falcon]

does it?

1s

ehhh i'd say not still

it just says lose all discards

[hexed shell]

For the +3 hand size

Hands*

[fading falcon]

hands are something that explicitly reset at end of round anyway regardless of jokers

i do see what you mean tho

[deft fog]

The vouchers? The permanent +1 hand jokers?

[edgy edge]

Those say +1 hand each round

[bright nest]

Hand size doesn't reset automatically so it would have to be an "until round ends" kind of effect

To specify hand size going back to normal

[stone schooner]

so this would allow players to end their runs with like 8 blueprints? (Because blueprint would replicate the -1 hand size and going to 0 ends the run)

[fading falcon]

this could def work

[shrewd stump]

yes but you could already do that with 8 merry andies so thats not really relevant

[tough aspen]

Besides, past a certain point the reduced hand size begins to outweigh the increased amount of discards