Zombie joker | Balatro | Page 1

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 1:22 AM

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Another joker suggestion I’ve had in my head for a while now and just remembered is the zombie joker it’s gimmick is stoping cards & jokers from destroying themselves kind of like Mr.bones but for your cards. I’ll give stats for each rarity

Common
1 in 16 chance to save a card or joker from destruction
After doing so this joker will self destruct instead

Uncommon
1 in 8 chance to save a card or joker from destruction
It can do this 3 times before self destructing itself

Rare
1 in 5 chance to save a card or joker from destruction
It can do this 6 times before self destructing itself

This joker is meant to make glass cards a bit more viable in builds with “oops all 6s!”

hallow heron Dec 3, 2025, 1:36 AM

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1 in 16 is not enough to be viable

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 1:38 AM

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How much should it be turned down?

hallow heron Dec 3, 2025, 1:39 AM

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i think it should get more common as the rarity goes up, instead of the number of uses

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or both go up

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 1:40 AM

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How’s about 1 in 8 for uncommon, and 1 in 5 for rare?

hallow heron Dec 3, 2025, 1:40 AM

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yeah that's what i was thinking

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 1:41 AM

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I’ll change it

wind iris Dec 3, 2025, 1:55 AM

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the use of these jokers is pretty niche

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 1:56 AM

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You could say that about a lot of jokers

wind iris Dec 3, 2025, 2:18 AM

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this manages to be as niche as idol

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which isn't a good thing for it

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 2:20 AM

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That’s the point

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mr_bones

wind iris Dec 3, 2025, 2:38 AM

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what other jokers are this specific

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 2:40 AM

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Just because a joker has 1 purpose that it’s supposed to serve and can’t be manipulated to be op doesn’t mean it’s completely worthless

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Also shortcut

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All of the “Xmult if you play X hand type”

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Sixth sense

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Egg

wind iris Dec 3, 2025, 4:38 AM

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those are all very reasonable to make use of

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stopping glass from breaking isn't going to be as useful of an utility as pretty much guaranteeing that you'll get a straight every hand or getting sell value from playing a round

chrome patrol Dec 3, 2025, 6:20 AM

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It’s not just glass, it can stop jokers from destroying themselves (including perishable)

formal jasper Dec 3, 2025, 10:00 AM

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why even give this a limit or a chance

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"jokers and cards cant be destroyed" would already be a niche effect as is

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you dont need to make it less reliable

formal jasper Dec 3, 2025, 10:01 AM

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chrome patrol It’s not just glass, it can stop jokers from destroying themselves (including pe...

perishable isnt destroying the joker tho its debuffing it

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