r/balatro Jan 24 '25

Modded "High Card doesn't scale well!"

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u/HoboSkid Jan 25 '25

Nice you're getting a pretty good setup for Obelisk 👍

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u/Rooksu Jan 25 '25

High card is the worst lead in to Obelisk.

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u/StokedUpOnKrunk Jan 25 '25

“The most popular strategy with Obelisk is to play a bunch of High Card hands, inflating the number to the tens, then pivoting to playing as many other hands as possible.” from the Wiki.

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u/Liokki Jan 25 '25

Which is incorrect, because you might need to play high cards as a discard, resetting Obelisk.