Flat Tire - Uncommon

[vestal atlas]

+20 chips, -10 chips per hand played, +3 chips per card played, caps at 300

Maybe remove cap or smth

Ill take balance

[mystic rain]

caps aren't really a thing in balatro. Nonzero starting values are also not much of a thing anymore. I like the idea, it might need a buff though as playing it optimally only gives you 5 chips per hand, which is riskier and more difficult than square joker. Square joker also isn't a very strong joker.

[thick flume]

I think it could instead be +3 per card scored

[flint root]

well it is

[mystic rain]

I think that is what was intended

[flint root]

oh as in retriggers also affect this?

[mystic rain]

At +3 per card scored, though, like I said, it is fairly weak, it could easily be 4

[flint root]

well it would make this somewhat less niche

4 would be good since 5 card hands aren't always available

[thick flume]

What if it was -15 per hand, +5 per card scored

[flint root]

this also gives splash another synergy which i think is welcome

[flint root]

you'd have to play a 3oak to break even and two pair to actually scale it

-10 +4 sounds like the best approach

[thick flume]

Yeah, but the tradeoff is that if you play 5 card hands or get retriggers, it scales quite fast in comparison to something like Square

[flint root]

most of the viable large hands don't really need chip support because of their planet scaling so like

[flint root]

also that's kind of what runner does

[mystic rain]

Runner doesn't actively punish you for not playing straights though and it doesn't reward retriggers, so I would argue this fits its own niche

[hollow gust]

-5 chips per hand played, +2 chips per card scored

helps with the pair build issue