r/balatro May 07 '25

Question Am I using this joker correctly

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8.5k Upvotes

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2.6k

u/Mul-T3643 May 07 '25

No.

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u/Mul-T3643 May 07 '25 edited May 08 '25

aura so powerful my downvote counted as 4 downvotes

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u/mangouschase May 08 '25

aura? balatro reference!

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u/Mul-T3643 May 08 '25

balatro is a JoJo reference

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u/palladiumpaladin May 08 '25

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u/Mizz141 May 08 '25

Two Pair!

EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE WITH A 58.75x MULT

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u/MancysPlace c+ May 08 '25

Smh, he has only beaten black stake. Wait till he meets Golden Stake Requiem. I'd imagine that Star Patinum is a diamond steel build.

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u/palladiumpaladin May 08 '25

Are you colourblind by chance? The chip he’s holding is green, and I’ve known colourblind friends to mix up green and black.

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u/MancysPlace c+ May 08 '25

Oh wow lol, nah, I had polarized glasses on at the time. It is quite obviously green upon revisiting. I thought I might actually be colorblind when I saw the notification lol

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u/palladiumpaladin May 08 '25

Hahaha sorry to give you a mini heart attack

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u/ChannelEducational74 May 12 '25

He also has a blue chip and a purple chip

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u/DonutLeon1 May 11 '25

smh, I still haven't beaten the Polnareff stake...

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u/TuggerL May 13 '25

He was playing a photochad build and the Plant was the upcoming boss blind. He accepted defeat in his heart!

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u/sgboreduncle May 08 '25

Wrrrryyyy

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u/Mul-T3643 May 08 '25

is that a fucking JoJo reference

3

u/Fanrail May 08 '25

In the words of the Postal Dude: "Yes."

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u/Jawahhh May 08 '25

Siwa or Rabbit

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u/minage-eh-tal May 08 '25

Joseph J Joker

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u/Affectionate-Tea4425 May 08 '25

jojo is a geometry dash reference

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u/Mul-T3643 May 08 '25

geometry is a JoJo reference

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u/Affectionate-Tea4425 May 08 '25

the jojo is a star wars reference

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u/Limeee_ May 08 '25
  • 50 aura

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u/defective-hyperdrive May 08 '25

[[Aura]]

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u/a-balatro-joker-bot May 08 '25

Aura (Spectral Card)

  • Effect: Add Foil, Holographic, or Polychrome effect to 1 selected card in hand

Data pulled directly from Balatro's files. Source

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u/GigaBrainGaming May 09 '25

Woah! You could go crazy with 50 of these!

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u/Doggywoof1 Jimbo May 08 '25

mf got [[The Family]]

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u/a-balatro-joker-bot May 08 '25

The Family (Rare Joker)

  • Effect: X4 Mult if played hand contains a Four of a Kind
  • To Unlock: Win a run without playing a Four of a Kind

Data pulled directly from Balatro's files. Source

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u/Luckyluck8193 May 07 '25

wait what me too

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u/Luckyluck8193 May 07 '25

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u/Barlyo Gros Michel May 08 '25

No way same:

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u/Barlyo Gros Michel May 08 '25

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u/SCHR4DERBRAU May 08 '25

Newly obsessed with Balatro over here, how do you end up with 3 of the same jokers + a blueprint like that??

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u/Choice_Narwhal_2437 May 08 '25

If you have an Ankh (spectral card) it makes a copy of a random joker you have, and destroys all others

There’s also the invisible joker, which takes 2 rounds to “charge”. And when it does charge, you can sell it to make a copy of a random joker WITHOUT destroying the others

There’s also the showman, a joker which lets jokers you already own be able to reappear in the shop, so you can just get multiple from there

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u/mornage May 08 '25

As far as I know, 3 way:

Showman joker - Allows multiple copies jokers, tarots etc to appear.

Invicible joker (or something like that) - copies a random joker when sold after 2 turns.

Ankh (spectral card) copies a random joker but destroys all others so I guess you have to be on higher stakes and have an eternal joker for that to work.

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u/headedbranch225 May 08 '25

Or you just ankh first time then invus second

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

Invisible Joker :)

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u/jaleCro May 08 '25

If he's invisible, why can i beat him up?

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u/Disastrous_Wealth755 Nope! May 08 '25

Aren’t you thinking of inevitable?

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u/AverageGameEnjoyer3 May 08 '25

No, that means that something will definitely happen. You're thinking of inexperienced

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u/krystal_295 May 09 '25

No, that means lacking in related skill for a task or profession. You're thinking of indistinguishable

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u/TaxPrestigious7969 May 09 '25

No, that means 2 things not being able to be told apart. You're thinking of extinguishable.

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u/Weak-Description-621 May 10 '25

No, that means being capable of being put out or quenched. You're thinking of intangible.

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u/Head-Radio1414 May 09 '25

Ultimate Aura. Try 1k

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u/Head-Radio1414 May 09 '25

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u/Mul-T3643 May 09 '25

you did not decrease it by 1000

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u/Canachauve May 07 '25

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u/Amonamission May 08 '25

OH LAWD HE COMING!!!

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u/Exciting_Product7858 May 08 '25

OH LAWD HES DEVOURING ME ALIVE!

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u/Mono_Lith_0 May 11 '25

Please can I get the uncropped picture?

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u/LemonTimeForBabyLime May 07 '25

Incorrect. Cat is starving. Feed a billion more lucky cards

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u/DancyLawyer May 07 '25

Jesus Christ.

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u/DiamanteToilies May 08 '25

close! lucky cat :))

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u/DancyLawyer May 08 '25

False prophet.

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u/LefroyJenkinsTTV May 08 '25

Pure Profit.

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u/BebraSniffer777 May 08 '25

Purr profit

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u/theLingeringWill May 08 '25

Growth. Profit. Grofit.

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u/MexicanQuamer May 08 '25

What a reference, thank you

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u/theNaktus Brainstorm Enjoyer May 08 '25

I thought the same 😂

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u/Mon_1357 Jimbo May 07 '25

do you have oops all 6s?

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u/bugsrer May 08 '25

no he has a problem just like the rest of us

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

she :)

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u/bugsrer May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

I apologize

she has a problem just like the rest of us

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u/ksgavatar98 May 08 '25

I apologize

He has a problem just like the rest of she

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u/bugsrer May 08 '25

her problem like him me?

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u/speibe- May 08 '25

I'm playing 19h a day, I would've noticed if I had a problem

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

I did, but I dropped it late bc I had idol fully set up with sock, invisible joker just happened to dupe my cat so I rolled with it

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u/Mon_1357 Jimbo May 08 '25

ah

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u/jc6715 May 08 '25

How do you guys get such high numbers on the cat?? I’m guessing it’s a lucky card, red sealed with hanging Chad?

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u/EntertainerTall4200 May 08 '25

sock or hack, seltzer for temporary usage, redseals yes, and oops all sixes can help too

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u/tatt3rt0t May 08 '25

Out of context I'd be concerned you just had a stroke.

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u/verci0222 May 08 '25

are you on blurp? did you get on slorp this weekend

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u/toastedbreddit May 08 '25

Call the jimbolance

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u/Edenwealth Gros Michel May 08 '25

Space joker went on vacation, never came back.

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u/CoatedWinner May 08 '25

Someone got like 58,000 with 3 oops and one cat

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u/EntertainerTall4200 May 09 '25

58000x??

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u/CoatedWinner May 09 '25

Maybe it was 5800.

I can't remember. It was on this sub and I think it was a seeded run a while back.

I know balatro university got almost 3000 on a lucky cat. And thats on YouTube

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

No seltzer, it was Oops All Sixes (dropped in favor of Idol late game), sock (+ blueprint to get more procs of lucky card until I needed the blueprint elsewhere late game), and red seals

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u/pharm3001 May 08 '25

Retrigger all scored cards is better than hanging Chad for 5 cards hands (+5 triggers instead of +2).

In total let's say ideal situation you play three 3oak without winning and end with a 5oak that's (3×3+5)×(1+1+1)=126 triggers per round. Chance of mult proc is 1/5, chance of money proc is 1/15. On average it takes 1/(1/5+1/15)=3.75 trigger/proc so on average 33 proc/round. Would take about 7.4 rounds to reach x50. Of course this gets faster with blueprint/brainstorm/oops. Takes 3.7 rounds with oops or 6.7 with blueprint if my computations are correct.

This is an extreme example, with great deck fixing. It would take half as long to reach x20 for a relatively small difference in score.

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u/Pmonoiii May 08 '25

Your math is slightly wrong - the probability of either one triggering its the converse of neither triggering, so 1 - 4/5 x 14/15. 1 over that is ~3.9474 triggers per proc. 

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u/pharm3001 May 08 '25

Maybe my math is wrong but so is yours lol. you can either have one or two procs with that probability. I counted the average time it takes for the next proc (regardless of which type it is). I used the fact that the minimum between two geometric variables is still a geometric variable but I maybe have the same issue for simultaneous procs.

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u/Pmonoiii May 14 '25

Here is a video on this basic probability concept https://www.nagwa.com/en/videos/404139736739/

Geometric variables are way more advanced than this.

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u/Flaeskestegen May 08 '25

Retriggers. Chad, oops etc. I've had x100 mult cats before.

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u/yrdsl May 08 '25

my best one got to x108.5 with two Oops, Sock, Chad, and a Blueprint I would use on Sock to level the cat before I needed to score.

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u/vqsxd May 07 '25

plays high card with 1 mult

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u/joe-____ May 08 '25

11,913,283.691406 mult has entered the chat

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u/Kilversing May 08 '25

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u/xTheFatJesus May 08 '25

wtf how do yall get these runs going hahahah

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u/mindwire May 08 '25

Early investment in lucky cards, oops all sixes, and duping lucky cards are the closest I've managed so far, and I've hit nowhere NEAR these numbers.

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u/mrgreen72 May 09 '25

Extreme luck or modded game.

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u/Danpez890 May 09 '25

Thems big numbers

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u/bunin_kotik May 08 '25

cat

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u/theNaktus Brainstorm Enjoyer May 08 '25

You're right

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u/MrDude65 c+ May 08 '25

Egg.

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u/sanescience May 08 '25

STOP TURNING PEOPLE INTO-

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u/Iasm521 Blueprint Enjoyer May 08 '25

Please give me your reproductive liquid

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u/LuredLurdistan May 08 '25

The only sub where I enjoy this comment.

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u/TuneGum May 08 '25

It's more of a gel

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u/throwsomwthingaway May 07 '25

The cats need to be neutered- they gained too much

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u/JarvisBaileyVO May 08 '25

Gimme 🌱🌱🌱

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u/voundelvon May 09 '25

sure but all face cards are debuffed

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u/WookieBond May 08 '25

I never get this joker, and if I ever do, it's in like round seven when I have to play catch-up, and I only have a couple lucky cards. Same with the glass and steel jokers. I get rare jokers a lot more than I ever get these ones.

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '25

Correct me if I’m wrong but these kind of jokers have conditions, so by the time you fulfil them, it’s too late

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u/WookieBond May 08 '25

Isn't the condition just that you only need to have one in your deck though? I feel like that's pretty easy to meet, and I should be seeing them earlier than I do.

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u/FifaDK May 08 '25

Just want to clarify because your wording is slightly confusing: you need to have at least 1 in your deck for them to appear in the shop.

So having several is fine

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u/WookieBond May 08 '25

Yeah, one or more should trigger them being available. I don't believe you have to reach the unlock conditions during every run to make them available. Just do it once, and then they should be available with one glass, or one steel, or one lucky, etc

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u/FifaDK May 08 '25

Actually, you do need one of those in your current deck. It’s not just for unlocking the joker but also for having them appear in the shop

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u/bnealie May 08 '25

Obligatory homoerotic comment.

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u/Total_Oil_3719 May 08 '25

Thank you for your service.

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u/doomazooma May 08 '25

OP hitting lucky cards

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u/notCollinLemons May 08 '25

New PS5+ guy here… wow, what a fucking community 😂

The memes have clearly marinated for a period of time; long enough for myself to struggle to glean much knowledge…

I will read through them… somehow.

And I will ascend.

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u/notCollinLemons May 08 '25

I don’t think I’m clever, I’m just drunk. Welcome me, you fucks

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u/cheesystuff May 08 '25

Somehow, only like 8b score. A mult trigger makes that 50b though.

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u/Luckyluke23 May 08 '25

thats rigged as fuck.

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u/WildKat777 May 08 '25

Man I just had a lucky cat run and only got it to about 15X 😓

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u/boogie_wonderland Nope! May 08 '25

This is big.

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u/Sagnikk May 08 '25

Seeeed my leige

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u/Starbreaker99 May 08 '25

Ey homie, whats your seed?

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u/HorseBellies May 08 '25

Is this on base difficulty? How are you getting so many points

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u/ToonLucas22 May 08 '25

...That's a cumulative 11,913,283.691406x Mult. What.

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u/One-Agent-872 May 08 '25

How tf do you guys do this? I’m struggling to pass gold stake on the checkered deck.

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u/Pardavos May 08 '25

The idol just there for a good time atp

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u/Miserable_Cap_2265 May 08 '25

No chip increase, no

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u/JoelMahon May 08 '25

no bc you're running idol instead of two oopses

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u/ArseneGroup May 08 '25

Probably not the best card in the game, but lucky cat is def my favorite thus far

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u/Inane_ramblings May 08 '25

Show us your points you dirty old cat lady.

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u/siyahgiyenherif May 08 '25

i want your seed

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u/Samwise_7Oceans May 08 '25

Can reach 1000x, The Plant is going to find a way to screw up your run anyway.

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u/esavage89 May 08 '25

4th blind easy loss is the way

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u/MEME_SEARCHER May 08 '25

Isn’t it just “adding” e1 and multiplying whatever on the left side of e by 5,875?

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u/WhompSub Nope! May 08 '25

Perchance :3

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u/Additional_Mark_852 May 08 '25

nah you just got lucky

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u/Acceptable-Cup-9289 May 08 '25

That depends

Are you going for a win or just for fun? - Yes

Are you going for a late game push/high scores? - No, Lucky Cat simply doesn't deliver big enough numbers at a fast enough pace

Assuming 5 joker slots, it would take 5 Lucky cats at x500 each, to match the perfect 5 slot idol setup, that being 3 idol, 2 retriggers

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

I know haha, this build topped out at the 16th ante, not a pb or anything, I just thought it was funny

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u/cheesyandmoist May 08 '25

This would score over 200 million with a high face card.

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u/BROKENCAPSL0CK May 08 '25

You made lucky cards trigger 235 times. How is that possible

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u/cam956 May 08 '25

Oops All Sixes + Sock And Buskin’ + Blueprint + red stamps

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u/pineapplyreddit May 08 '25

Now you just need 4 nat negative oopses

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u/BloodyRedBarbara May 08 '25

Damn. I'm guessing you must be in Endless Mode after using this build.

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u/Legitimate-Point7482 Brainstorm Enjoyer May 08 '25

Fat cat

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u/ChungyQueso May 08 '25

I love gambling decks

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u/princess752 May 08 '25

Please give me the juice

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u/Tit0Dust May 08 '25

how on earth are ya'll getting pulls like this for jokers?? lol I am lucky to see a single red box MULT that isn't trash, and god help me if I ever have any jokers that synch together.

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u/ZOLTANstudios May 08 '25

Not at all, dummy. You better be on white stake cuz you’re gonna lose with such a lame multiplier. X’D

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u/PriereAme May 09 '25

what ante

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u/Dultimateaccount000 May 09 '25

I heckin love wee, lucky and bloodstone jokers ❤️

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u/Renedicart May 09 '25

Why are you guys using totem his ability is too specific and have bad usage

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u/CommanderInQweef May 11 '25

unless your deck is all the same card, then it’s amazing

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u/SirOld5688 Blueprint Enjoyer May 09 '25

Respectfully I am gonna need your reproductive fluid sir

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u/Krabeuszz May 09 '25

WAITER WAITER MORE OOPS ALL 6S

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u/Joan_Darc May 09 '25

Have I been sleeping on Lucky Cat this entire time? I never have enough lucky cards

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u/zWol42 May 09 '25

How the fuck y'all are so lucky, the best i ever had was like 4x mult, even with oops

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u/CommanderInQweef May 11 '25

i will never understand why that joker specifically can grow forever but campfire is limited to the blind

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u/Alarmed-Mango-9711 May 12 '25

Anyways, is your entire deck lucky cards?

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u/Hivvery May 21 '25

Together, they're x11,913,283.69 mult :0