Pro Tips For Balatro Players
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Manage Your List Follow FollowedFollow with NotificationsFollowUnfollowShareFacebookXLinkedInRedditFlipboardCopy linkEmailLink copied to clipboardSign in to your TheGamer account - Don’t underestimate the power of the Blank Voucher - it may seem useless at first, but collecting them pays off in the end.
- Strategically use Joker cards to create a powerful scoring machine tailored to beat any boss build in Balatro.
- Experiment with different card placements and combinations in your deck to find the best strategy for success in the game.
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Every Item Has Its Purpose
Seeing the blank voucher at first, the impulse to ignore it for other, better-seeming vouchers is natural. The description itself says that it does nothing, so leave it alone, right? No! Pick them up as soon as you can and it doesnât break the bank. Collect all ten, and the payout will be more than worth it.
Once you buy ten of these empty vouchers, youâll unlock a powerful boon: the Antimatter voucher. This voucher adds an extra Joker slot. It doesnât seem like a lot, but if you employ the following cards:
- Bloodstone Joker : Give a one in three chance for played cards with a Heart suit to give times two multiplier when scored
- Oops, All Sixes Joker : Doubles all listed probabilities
- Blueprint Joker : Copies ability of Joker to the right
- Cavendish Joker : A Three times multiplier, a 1-in-1000 chance of being destroyed at the end of the round
- Seltzer Joker : Retrigger all cards played for the next 10 hands
- Supernova Joker : Adds the number of times the poker hand has been played to Multiplier
What you have created is a tailor-made score machine ready to rack up as many chips as you need to beat any Boss Build.
6 Carefully Look Over Your Joker Cards
Donât Let A Good Joker Run Loose
Playing hands straight is all well and good, but what about adding a little extra something to your deck? Well, youâll eventually have your choice of 150 total Joker Cards to play around with and figure out what works best for you. Some, like Rocket, are simple but useful money boosters that will help you gain some money to buy more cards, but others are a little more tricky to use.
For example, Bloodstone, an uncommon card, provides a two-times multiplier for every hard suit that has scored. A huge boon, but even with a deck filled to the brim with heart cards, you still only have a one-in-three chance of the perk popping when you want it to. It makes you question if you want to take up a Joker slot for only a one-third chance of working. Thatâs the fun of discovery!
5 Know When To Hold And âFoldâ Your Cards
Take Advantage Of The No-Duplicate Market
No technical illegal moves here! Once you buy a Tarot, Joker, Or Arcana card, youâll be able to hold it in your arsenal for the remainder of the run youâre on (unless otherwise stated on the cards). Sure, you technically canât place these cards in the deck, but there is a huge perk that you can take advantage of while youâre still building your deck.
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Letâs say youâre holding the Death Arcana card, waiting for the perfect card to copy. Well, while that card is in your possession, it wonât show up in the shop. You can use this to your advantage as you hold on to lower-ranked cards, raising the chances of more rare cards to pop up in between rounds. Then, once you find what youâre looking for, you can sell what you were holding, with no problem.
4 Card Placement Is Important
Both In Your Hand And In Your Deck
Even if you donât play with a heavily multiplier-focused deck, you must keep in mind that they are an important part of scoring. There are two types of multiplier cards: Those that add, and those that multiply. Youâd get a multiplier score regardless of where you place these cards, but doing that is not getting the most out of your build.
A Joker like Cavendish, for example, would be wasted if placed in order of first, because itâs multiplying your base score before the other boosts and multipliers are taken into account. While itâs something that can be easily outmaneuvered by simply paying attention to what you are doing, you should still be mindful of what is going where.
3 Play Non-Ideal Hands
Discarding The Wrong Cards Can Make For A Bad Run
Balatro at the end of the day is about balance. You must know when to go the distance when to fold, and when to clean out your entire hand and try again. You are always going to want to strive for those high Straights and Flushes, but thatâs not always going to be possible. Sometimes, you gotta take out the trash.
Anything lower than a nine does a disservice to your ability to build up enough points to defeat the Boss Blinds which hinders your deck. Play what you have and get rid of the cards that way, it opens up the chance of getting better cards in the long run and lets you save money.
2 You Can Save Money To Gain Interest
But Thatâs Not Always The Best Move
Obviously, the more money you’re able to accrue each round the better, and you canât do that if you keep buying all the common stuff, right? So, you decide to stop all spending and save your money per round. At times, this is a good thing, especially if you arenât rolling with the green or yellow decks. But, there is something else to consider.
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Interest is nice, but when you arenât spending at least some of that cash, thatâs power-ups, vouchers, and Tarot cards youâre passing up that would potentially get you a lot more money than hanging on to the default method. You have to be willing to take the risk and come out of your pocket every once in a while. Youâll make that interest in no time.
1 Experimentation Is Your Best Friend
Donât Stop Yourself From Trying New Combinations
If you ask any avid Balatro player what their favorite deck is, youâre going to get a wider variety of answers than you would think. Some prefer the Erratic Deck, where all ranks and suits are completely at random. Others prefer the Plasma deck, where your ability to multiply your multipliers grows exponentially.
The main point is, that you are bound to find your favorite deck and have a hard time trying to find a reason to try the others, but why hold back? The world is your poker table, just waiting for you to play the best game you want to play. Trial and error is what makes Roguelike games fun.
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