Normal Joker rebalance | Balatro | Page 1

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:31 AM

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It would become good by make the Joker give +1 slots like Negatives, because why not.

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:38 AM

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so you could basically always have a basic joker?

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this would be kinda interesting with showman i'll admit

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i do think the question to ask is like, why?

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like by most means the basic joker isn't all that good, but it's incredibly cheap for very earlygame scoring

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:40 AM

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Otherwise this would become a trash joker really soon, like the others said yeah

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:41 AM

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i mean, even if it had the extra joker slot, it'd always be trash

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like it's +4 mult, it falls off incredibly fast

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the difference between keeping it around and getting rid of it is very small

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at best this would make abstract joker and gift card a little better

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:43 AM

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At least it is a joker, so it can gain bonuses on thing like Temperance

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:43 AM

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i mean yeah but only for $1

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:43 AM

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Also a Negative Joker gives +2 slots, which make sense

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:43 AM

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at a base anyways

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:44 AM

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topaz jolt Also a Negative Joker gives +2 slots, which make sense

but you achieve the same effect from just giving any other joker negative as well

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when you don't have this joker, you have 5 empty slots

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when you have it, you still have 5 empty slots

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anything having negative will give you 6 slots

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this rework just makes it so it's essentially just +4 mult semi-permanently

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which again falls off incredibly fast

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there's no good reason to keep it around except maybe for again gift card or abstract joker

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and it becomes detrimental when you're trying to copy stuff like with invisible joker

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so you get rid of it anyways

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:47 AM

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dusty musk anything having negative will give you 6 slots

No.

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Have other jokers will have 5 empty slots

dusty musk Apr 24, 2026, 9:48 AM

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okay let me rephrase it

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let's say you have 5 useful jokers

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you buy the regular joker, which basically makes space for itself, so now you have 5 useful jokers and 1 regular joker

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if you use an ectoplasm, you'll have one free slot no matter what it hits

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if you remove the regular joker, it still gives you that extra free joker slot

topaz jolt Apr 24, 2026, 9:49 AM

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||Anyway that is my opinion of buffing this joker||

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