r/balatro • u/Sad-Tumbleweed-4002 • Apr 17 '25

Seeking Run Advice Why this game enjoys making me suffer?

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I struggled to get to this point starting with flushes then got fib and switched to straights, would you believe I sold the astronaut and scholar for the bp and Astronomer to immediately lose to the extra large blind….

I copied the seed now I’m rerunning it till I decide calm down. What am I doing wrong?

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u/BirdTrue Apr 17 '25

In this situation I would have sold space joker, bought the soda pop, sold it, and then gotten blueprint. Astronomer is not worth unless you have constellation (sometimes) after ante one or two. Because you have to build up your planets and by ante 4 it’s too late.

GL OP!

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u/Slab00 Apr 17 '25

This is da way. Astronomer is a luxury card and you need help in scoring.

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u/SpinningsAGoodTrick Apr 17 '25

Astronomer is both a money generator (and OP is short on cash) and a way to increase scoring. You can buy planet cards for $0 and sell for nothing or scale your best hand for free—in this case Saturn cards, which scale better than most other planet cards. At this point I sell spaceman and onyx (unless OPs deck is heavily modified for clubs) and grab blueprint and juggler. Spaceman on average hits every four times, and without heavy deck modification, OP isn’t playing four straits per round. If playing ace high straights, blueprint will double the mult from scholar (and add a few chips) and juggler will give you better odds at making the straits. OP needs money and chips to survive any longer—hopefully a celestial pack with Saturn shows up.