Balatro review - A chaotically brilliant hand of poker
You can cheat and trick your way to victory in Balatro
Winning via cheating is encouraged
Dan Lipscombe
Balatro is available 20 February for Nintendo Switch (Version tested), PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Review code was provided by the publisher. Read a guide to our review scores here.
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FAQs
How to get more Jokers in Balatro?
Jokers can be found in Stores Buffoon Booster Packs and certain Spectral or Tarot cards. The amount of Jokers youre allowed to hold throughout any given run is not static as there are ways to increase these slots through means like giving the Negative condition to Jokers you already have.May 9 2024
How do you copy the Joker in Balatro?
Once a Poker hand is played Blueprint will continue copying the last Joker to its right even if its moved around afterward. This can be exploited by first playing the winning hand then moving Blueprint to copy the end-of-round effect Joker such as Reserved Parking or Mime while scoring is calculated.
Why is the square Joker good?
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.



