Challenge Decks are unique decks that contain some condition making them unique from and often more challenging than the normal decks. This could manifest in having an altered starting deck possessing certain eternal jokers restrictions on hands or discards restrictions on allowed cards...
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The Erratic Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run on the Orange Stake difficulty. This deck contains 52 cards like a normal deck but the suits and ranks are completely randomised. If sorted by their frequency we get on average the following...
The Plasma Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run on the Blue Stake difficulty. This deck changes how your hand score is calculated and doubles the size of blinds. For example if you had a Level 1 flush (108764) your hand score would normally be 70 x...
The Anaglyph Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run on the Black Stake difficulty. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). Throwback has anti synergy due to...
The Painted Deck is an unlockable deck which provides +2 default Hand Size but -1 Joker slot. This deck is earned by winning a run on the Green Stake difficulty. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and...
The Zodiac Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run on the Red Stake difficulty. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). You also start with the Tarot...
The Checkered Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run with the Black Deck on any difficulty. The Deck is a standard 52 card deck except with each Club replaced by an equivalent Spade and each Diamond replaced by a Heart. This means for each rank there...
The Abandoned Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run with the Green Deck. The Abandoned Deck contains only 40 cards instead of the normal 52. The deck still has four suits but is missing the face cards (only 2 to 10 and Aces). This leads to extreme...
The Ghost Deck is an unlockable deck where you start with a Hex spectral card in your consumables and Spectral Cards may appear in The Shop. This deck is unlocked by winning a run with the Yellow Deck on any stake. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits...
The Nebula Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run with the Blue Deck. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). You also start with the Telescope voucher but...
The Magic Deck is one of the decks you can unlock when playing the game by winning a run with the Red Deck. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). You also start with the Crystal Ball voucher and...
The Black Deck is an unlockable deck which provides +1 Joker slot but -1 Hand each round. This deck is unlocked by discovering at least 100 items in the collection. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King...
The Green Deck is an unlockable deck that at the end of a round provides $2 per remaining Hand and $1 per remaining Discard but does not earn interest. This deck is unlocked by discovering 75 items in the collection. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four...
The Yellow Deck is an unlockable deck which provides an extra $10 at the start of the game. This deck is unlocked by discovering 50 items in the collection. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace...
The Blue Deck is an unlockable deck which provides +1 hand every round. This deck is unlocked by discovering at least 20 items in the collection. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). More hand...
The Red Deck is a deck which provides +1 discard every round. This deck is unlocked by default. It contains the usual 52 cards that a normal deck of cards includes: four suits each with 13 cards (2 to 10 Jack Queen King and Ace). As it synergizes with pretty much anything due to its generic...
Perkeo is one of the five legendary Jokers. Perkeo spawns a negative copy of one consumable in the players possession after leaving a shop. This copy can then be used like normal or sold for a higher price than usual due to its negative modifier. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the...
Chicot is one of the five legendary Jokers. Chicot disables all Boss Blind effects upon selection effectively making the boss blind just a regular blind with a higher base score to clear. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the Soul Spectral Card which has a small chance to spawn in...
Yorick is one of the five legendary Jokers. Yorick starts at X1 Mult and gains an additional X1 Mult for every 23 cards discarded. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the Soul spectral card which has a small chance to spawn in Spectral packs and Tarot packs. The Red Decks additional...
Triboulet is one of the five legendary Jokers. Triboulet provides x2 Mult when any Kings and Queens are scored. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the Soul spectral card which has a small chance to spawn in Spectral packs and Tarot packs. Most decks benefit equally from Triboulet with...
Canio is one of the five legendary Jokers. Canio gains an extra x1 Mult whenever a face card is destroyed. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the Soul spectral card which has a small chance to spawn in Spectral packs and Tarot packs. Canio is one of the best multiplicative mult cards in...
Bootstraps grants +2 Mult for every $5 the player has. It does nothing if you have $4 or less. Yellow Deck whose starting money bonus makes it easier to build up money. Green Deck has anti-synergy as it encourages the player to spend money as they earn it. Any hand can benefit from Bootstraps...
Wiki information has been updated to match version 1.0.1f released on Steam on May 1st 2024.Equivalent patches for consoles may not be available yet. Please ensure edits match with the current Steam release.The Burnt Joker upgrades the level of the first discarded poker hand each round...
Astronomer allows you to gain all Planet and Celestial Booster packs for free. The Zodiac Deck works best with Astronomer thanks to increased Planet cards frequency in shop. The Nebula Deck makes Celestial packs always give a planet card of your most played hand. Any poker hand can benefit from...
Cartomancer is an uncommon Joker that generates a Tarot card each time a Blind is selected. Magic Deck provides a Crystal Ball voucher giving +1 consumable slot. Fortune Teller gets +1 mult for every Tarot card used. Perkeo could copy a beneficial Tarot card gained from Cartomancer. This jokers...
Shoot the Moon is a common Joker that provides +13 Mult for each Queen in the players hand. Played cards do not trigger this joker regardless of whether they score. Queens which are debuffed by certain Blinds also dont trigger. If you have any cards in hand that give 1.5x mult (usually a...
Satellite is an uncommon Joker that gives $1 at the end of each round per unique planet card used in the run. By default players can earn up to $9 from it by using all available Planet Cards and an additional $3 can be earned by playing and unlocking the three secret hands (Five of a kind...
Brainstorm is a very powerful joker that copies the effect of the leftmost Joker you have. Unlike Blueprint moving Brainstorm around will not change what it copies only when it does so. To change the Joker that is being copied a different Joker will need to be moved to the leftmost position...
Wiki information has been updated to match version 1.0.1f released on Steam on May 1st 2024.Equivalent patches for consoles may not be available yet. Please ensure edits match with the current Steam release.Invisible Joker is a rare Joker that can be sold after two rounds to duplicate a random...
Stuntman is a rare Joker that gives +250 Chips at the cost of -2 hand size. While Stuntman may appear to be weak at first it provides an absolutely incredible amount of chips. Given its downside Stuntman is one of the largest payoffs for running low-scoring hands such as High Card and Pair...
The Tribe is a rare joker that offers an easy x2 multiplier any time you play a Flush. It can be unlocked by winning a run without playing a Flush (though playing other hands that contain flushes such as Flush House are allowed). Since the Tribe only offer x2 Mult and has no scaling potential...
The Order is a rare joker that offers X3 Mult any time you play a Straight. It can be unlocked by winning a run without playing a Straight (though playing other hands that contain straights such as Straight Flush are allowed). Abandoned Decks fewer cards makes it easier to make Straights...
The Family is a rare Joker that offers an easy and powerful X4 Mult any time you play a hand that contains a Four of a Kind. It can be unlocked by winning a run without playing a Four of a Kind (though playing other hands that contain four cards of the same rank such as Five of a Kind are...
The Trio is a rare Joker that offers an easy X3 Mult any time you play a hand that contains a Three of a Kind. It can be unlocked by winning a run without playing a Three of a Kind (though playing other hands that contain three cards of the same rank such as Full House are allowed for the...
The Duo is a rare joker that offers an easy x2 Mult any time you play a hand containing a Pair. It can be unlocked by winning a run without playing a Pair (though playing other hands that contain pairs such as Three of a Kind are allowed). Since Duo offer only x2 Mult and has no scaling...
Hit the Road is a rare Joker which provides an additional temporary x0.5 Mult per discarded Jack. This Joker starts with a x1.0 Mult. The Joker is reset at the end of each blind. Red Deck may work well with Hit the Road thanks to its +1 Discard allowing more Jacks to be discarded. Does not work...
The Matador provides a cash boost whenever you play a hand that triggers a Boss Blinds ability (such as attempting to score debuffed cards). This effect doesnt work with all Boss Blinds though and can occasionally give results inconsistent with what one might expect. As a general rule any...
Seeing Double is an uncommon joker that gives x2 Mult when a hand is scored with one Club card and any other suit card. Seeing Double will not activate if the Club card(s) are debuffed. This Joker doesnt work with the Checkered Deck by default since it has no Club cards. Can benefit from the...
The Idol is a Joker that provides x2 Mult when a card with a chosen rank and suit is scored. The chosen card is set to a random rank and suit currently present in your deck at the end of each round. For example the card may be an Ace of Spades or 7 of Diamonds. Abandoned Deck can make it...
Oops! All 6s doubles all listed probabilities. For example a 1 in 3 chance becomes a 2 in 3 chance and a 1 in 1000 chance becomes a 2 in 1000 chance. It works on ALL listed probabilities including negative effects. This includes Glass Cards (breaking at a 2 in 4 chance) the Gros Michel joker...
Merry Andy is an uncommon joker that provides additional discards but at the cost of a reduced hand size. Merry Andy is a good joker early game for the economy of the Green Deck since it gains no interest and instead earns money only based on discards and hands remaining extra discards are...
Wiki information has been updated to match version 1.0.1f released on Steam on May 1st 2024.Equivalent patches for consoles may not be available yet. Please ensure edits match with the current Steam release.The Wee Joker is a rare Joker that provides a fast-scaling supply of Chips. Whenever a...
Blueprint is a rare Joker which copies the effect of the Joker to its immediate right. Not all Jokers are compatible with Blueprint as Blueprint cannot copy any passive modifier effects but Blueprint itself is compatible. Blueprints compatibility with other Jokers can be seen in its...
Flower Pot is an uncommon Joker that rewards you with x3 Mult for playing at least one card of every suit. Debuffed cards still count for their suit. Debuffed wild cards dont count though this seems to be a bug. Abandoned Deck is easier to sift through with discards due to its smaller size...
Showman when equipped allows duplicates of other Jokers Planet Cards and Tarot to show up in the shop. Normally when players already have a particular Joker Planet Cards or Tarot in their possessions the shop will never have a duplicate but with Showman equipped this is now possible. Any...
The Glass Joker starts at x1 Mult and gains x0.75 Mult every time a glass card is destroyed be it breaking after being played in a hand or the effects of Hanged Man or Immolate. This Joker cannot receive the Perishable sticker. Because this Joker relies on Glass cards breaking it should not be...
Wiki information has been updated to match version 1.0.1f released on Steam on May 1st 2024.Equivalent patches for consoles may not be available yet. Please ensure edits match with the current Steam release.Onyx Agate is an uncommon Joker that gives +7 Mult per Club card scored. The Checkered...
Arrowhead is a Spades-oriented chip joker. Arrowhead provides +50 Chips per Spade when scored. With a full spade flush Arrowhead provides +250 Chips. If you have any retrigger effects (like red seals) it provides even more. This makes Arrowhead an excellent chips card assuming that a spade...
Bloodstone is a Hearts-oriented Joker which has a 1 in 2 chance to immediately provide x1.5 Mult for each Heart scored. Checkered Deck works best with Bloodstone as it starts with 26 Heart cards. Blue Decks extra hand makes it easier to get a winning amount of Bloodstone triggers. Any Flush...
Rough Gem is a Diamonds-oriented Joker which awards $1 for each Diamond scored. Checkered Deck cannot benefit from Rough Gem due to lack of Diamond suit. Erratic Deck can benefit from Rough Gem if the deck is randomized to have more Diamonds than other suits. Playing any Flush with Diamonds...
Hanging Chad is a Joker that retriggers the first card that is scored in a played hand twice. This effectively triples that cards Chips value plus any bonus effects it may have from Card Modifiers. Because Hanging Chad retriggers the first card its important to have lots of useful buff cards...
Throwback gains x0.25 Mult for each Blind skipped in a run. This effect is retroactive in that Blinds skipped before picking it up count towards its X Mult. It is unlocked by going to the Main Menu and continuing an ongoing run. Anaglyph Deck is by far the best deck to use Throwback with as...
Smeared Joker is a Joker which makes Diamonds and Hearts count as the same suit and Clubs and Spades count as the same suit. This effect applies to all Jokers and Blinds which have an effect based on suit. Works in most decks but should be avoided with the Checkered Deck as it is already...
Certificate adds a random playing card with a random seal to players deck when a Blind is selected. Abandoned Deck works best with Certificate thanks to its smaller amount of cards. However be aware that Face Cards can be added which may potentially disrupt Ride the Bus should players plan...
Troubadour provides +2 Hand Size at the cost of -1 Hand per round. Blue Deck works best with Troubadour thanks to its +1 hand per round bonus offsetting the penalty of this Joker. Black Deck should not be used with Troubadour as its -1 hand per round penalty means players will only have 2...
Wiki information has been updated to match version 1.0.1f released on Steam on May 1st 2024.Equivalent patches for consoles may not be available yet. Please ensure edits match with the current Steam release.8 Ball is a common Joker that has a chance to be triggered when playing 8s. It has a...