Solitaire

[summer hedge]

Rare

X1 Mult
If played hand is High Card and is [rank] of [suit] gain +0,5 XMult, otherwise, lock the effect and reset the pattern and scaling

I dont sure about wording, but it should work like this:
[rank] starting at A and goes 2->3->...>K and then scaling is stopped
[suit] is up to you, A can be any suit, and then it locks for current pattern.
So, lets say you play A of Hearts, then 2 of H, then 3 of H and then 4 of Spades or any other hand. The pattern is broken, Joker would save the X2,5 Mult, but you would need to start new pattern and only when you play 4 of [suit] the effect would change to X3 Mult

At most, you can get X7,5 from this

Variant B: pattern brokes only if playing wrong High Card

[azure gorge]

way too complex for a joker

also basically even worse idol how fun

[summer hedge]

Idol lose scaling, this one do not

[azure gorge]

with how you wrote it missing one card in a whole deck kills scaling

its also just too complex to reasonably fit as effect text

[summer hedge]

No, i wrote that scaling is locked

[summer hedge]

All this wall of text would not display at Joker for sure

[azure gorge]

oh locked thats fine then i guess

idk this still feels way too complex of a scaling method

and to even explain

and you cant hide part of the effect

[fringe valve]

i mean its 2 sentences

[azure gorge]

it still feels too much

[azure gorge]

ok try to write it in a way which isnt confusing then

[summer hedge]

Its not like it "hidden" it will just show the exact card you need to play, and not the next one/pattern

[fringe valve]

Gain 0.5x Mult if played hand is a High Card and is [rank] of [suit]
Otherwise, Stop gaining XMult until you reach the last rank you failed at?

idk how to word it

its really tough to word all within like 2 sentences

[summer hedge]

Otherwise, stop gaining Xmult until you reach [rank that broke]

[fringe valve]

requires a solid paragraph of like 3 lines

[summer hedge]

Should be clear enough i guess