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teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:17 AM

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All scored cards are converted into [suit], changes every round

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:19 AM

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would this turn a straight into a straight flush or does the game not work like that

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:19 AM

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languid jungle would this turn a straight into a straight flush or does the game not work like ...

the poker hand evaluation is when you play the hand, it doesnt change from the cards changing (vampire with stones doesnt change the poker hand)

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:20 AM

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ih true

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:20 AM

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so it would just be a straight

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if it did then it would be OP

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permanent flushes

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:20 AM

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it seems kinda hard to work with idk

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if the suit is changing every time

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:21 AM

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languid jungle if the suit is changing every time

the usecase would be removing suits rather than fixing to one particular suit

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:21 AM

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hmmm

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true

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but what if it hits the undesired suit

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would it select from deck

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:24 AM

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languid jungle but what if it hits the undesired suit

At that point you can either drop it or try and play fewer hands & score fewer cards, or play more of the undesired suit so you arent fixing anything into it

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:24 AM

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hmmm

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i see i see

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:25 AM

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I thought this through :3

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:27 AM

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:3

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i mean yeah this seems nice it can work as deckfixing with any suit build

teal ice Feb 2, 2026, 2:29 AM

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straight flush enabler too

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because of how quick you can fix out of one or two suits

languid jungle Feb 2, 2026, 2:55 AM

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trur

hallow dome Feb 2, 2026, 10:38 PM

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i might be wrong but i dont quite see the benefit this brings outside of the occaisional big idol hit or whatever

if its a random suit every round then ur 1/4 for hitting the one you want for your joker (rough gem / bloodstone / wrathful joker or whatever)

but if you played normally 1/4 cards is what you want for your joker and the odds only improve with deck fixing (which this joker would remove the benefit of)

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maybe if you see it in the shop and its on what you want then you pick it up for a round i guess

teal ice Feb 3, 2026, 4:38 PM

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hallow dome i might be wrong but i dont quite see the benefit this brings outside of the occ...

the appeal would be converting out of worse/bad suits rather than into one specific suit. it would increase your odds of drawing a flush significantly, and there definitely are bad suits. black suits are generally way better than red suits, as they have blackboard & seeing double, and arrowhead and agate are better than rough gem and bloodstone.

hallow dome Feb 3, 2026, 5:35 PM

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teal ice the appeal would be converting out of worse/bad suits rather than into one speci...

i suppose so but i dont think there are bad suits it just depends what jokers u already have and what stake ur playing / what ur goal is

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id say rough gem is the best of the 4

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for gold stake 8 antes

teal ice Feb 3, 2026, 5:35 PM

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hallow dome id say rough gem is the best of the 4

you would be in the vast minority with that opinion then

hallow dome Feb 3, 2026, 5:37 PM

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also if ur scoring with blackboard or seeing double youd much prefer to not have the joker than have it because then you miss half the time and die

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if you can live with the joker you can live without it

teal ice Feb 3, 2026, 5:37 PM

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hallow dome also if ur scoring with blackboard or seeing double youd much prefer to not have...

blackboard doesn't care about scoring suits, it cares about suits held in hand

hallow dome Feb 3, 2026, 5:39 PM

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oh all scored cards

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