Square Joker (Joker) Balatro Wiki Fandom

The Square Joker is a common Joker which provides a chips bonus that increases by +4 Chips every time you play a hand with only four cards. The four cards played do not have to score, and all four can be debuffed. This Joker cannot receive the Perishable sticker. Plasma Deck: Due to the...

Effect

This Joker gains +4 Chips if played hand has exactly 4 cards (Currently 0 Chips)This Joker gains +4 Chips if played hand has exactly 4 cards (Currently 0 Chips)

Rarity

CommonCommon

Stats

Buy Price

$ 4

Sell Price

$ 2

Type

Chips

Activation

Mixed

Buy Price

$ 4 $ 4

Sell Price

$ 2 $ 2

Type

Chips Chips

Activation

Mixed Mixed

Unlock Requirement

Available from start. Available from start.

Decks

• Plasma Deck: Due to the balancing feature, Square Joker can be very beneficial if picked up early and scaled adequately throughout the run.

Poker Hands

Four of a Kind, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, Pair, and High Card are all hands which can be played with four cards or fewer. Hands that require fewer than 4 cards can be padded with non-scoring cards to increase this Joker's Chips bonus.

Flushes, Straights, and Straight Flushes can synergize with this Joker if Four Fingers is also present.

Jokers

• Four Fingers: Allows Straights and Flushes to be made with only four cards.
• Splash: Allows High Cards to score with all 4 cards, providing more bonus.
• Spare Trousers: Requires Two Pairs hand to scale, which is exactly 4 cards.

Boss Blinds

In general, the only time Square Joker will not scale or score is when a hand is not allowed. Boss Blinds that can prevent specific hands are:

• The Eye: all hands must be a different type
• The Mouth: only 1 hand type can be played
• The Psychic: hand must have 5 cards

Trivia

• The artwork of this Joker is an exaggerated version of pixel art, which is slightly ironic considering all the artwork in this game is in that style. Even the "Joker" text on the card has been squared off, with chunky letters.
• The value 4 is a square number, which are numbers made by multiplying one number with itself. 4 is 22, or 2×2.
• The Joker's sprite is also exactly a square, being 138x138 pixels.
• This Joker is part of a set that doesn't adhere to the 142x190 image size, together with Photograph, Half Joker, and Wee Joker. When playing against the Amber Acorn Boss Blind, they are easy to differentiate from others due to having a different shape, even when flipped.

Update History

1.0.1f- Effect

• Starts at +16 Chips -> starts at +0 Chips

• Price

• $5 -> $4

• Artwork

• Square Joker now has a square sprite

In other languages

Language	Name	Notes
Chinese (Simplified)	方形小丑
Chinese (Traditional)	方塊小丑
Dutch	Vierkante Joker
French	Joker carré
German	Quadrat-Joker
Indonesian	Square Joker
Italian	Jolly squadrato
Japanese	スクエアジョーカー
Korean	정사각형 조커
Polish	Kwadratowy Joker
Portuguese (Brazilian)	Curinga Quadrado
Russian	Квадратный джокер
Spanish (Spain)	Comodín cuadriculado
Spanish (Latin America)	Comodín cuadrado

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