The Best Joker Cards In Balatro Ranked
These Jokers offer unparalleled versatility or deck-defining effects. Here are the best Jokers in Balatro, ranked. Menu
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Here’s the effect of every Joker card and how to unlock them all in Balatro.
| Legendary Joker | Disables the effect of every Boss Blind. |
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Chicot is a Legendary Joker that has an extremely strong ability, but only under some circumstances. Due to the random nature of Boss Blinds in Balatro, sometimes you can breeze through the early Antes, encountering bosses whose abilities have no effect on your deck. Then, you may face a boss that directly counters your deck, creating a situation where it’s nearly impossible to win.
With Chicot, you never have to worry about that random Boss Blind that completely counters you. In times like that, Chicot is one of the most valuable Jokers in the game. However, when the Boss Blinds don’t counter your deck, Chicot just takes up a valuable Joker slot. This drastic difference in power puts Chicot in the last spot on this list.
7 Bloodstone
| Uncommon Joker | 1 in 3 chance for played cards with Heart suit to give x2 Mult when scored. |
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Bloodstone is another really strong Joker card, but has somewhat situational applications. While crafting a deck of mainly Heart cards isn’t the most difficult, especially with the Checkered Deck, you won’t be able to take advantage of Bloodstone every time you see it in the shop. It really only works if the majority of your deck is Heart cards.
The Oops! All 6s Joker synergizes very well with Bloodstone, giving Bloodstone an increased chance to trigger.
Even then, Bloodstone only has a one-in-three chance to activate, so you won’t always benefit from it even when playing Heart Flushes. But, when it does work, it works amazingly well. Bloodstone alone can skyrocket your score, allowing you to breeze through most of the mid and late-game Boss Blinds with ease.
6 Rocket
| Uncommon Joker | Earn $1 at the end of round. Earning increases by $2 when Boss Blind is defeated. |
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Rocket is one of the strongest economy Jokers in the game, especially if you manage to get it early in a run. Every time you beat a Boss Blind while you have Rocket, the amount of money you get for each win will increase by $2. This means you’ll be gaining progressively more money as the run progresses.
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Rocket is strong because it has almost no downsides, unlike a few other economy Jokers like Reserved Parking which only has a chance to trigger when face cards are held in hand, or To the Moon which scales based on your interest.
5 Yorick
| Legendary Joker | x5 Mult only after using 23 discards. |
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Yorick is an extremely strong Joker with a slight caveat. If you are lucky enough to get this Legendary Joker early in a run, you should have no problem discarding 23 times to unlock its effect. However, if you don’t see Yorick until later in a run, it might be too late to earn its bonus.
If you do manage to unlock Yorick’s effects, you’ll have access to one of the single highest multiplicative Mult Jokers in the game. The massive five times Mult bonus will let almost any deck sail through every Boss Blind, no matter what other cards or Jokers you may have. This alone puts Yorick in one of the higher spots on this list.
4 Hiker
| Uncommon Joker | Every played card permanently gains +4 Chips when scored. |
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Hiker is an extremely solid Chip scaling Joker that works better the earlier you find it. As an uncommon Joker, it shouldn’t be too difficult to get ahold of, and the long-lasting benefits are more than worth the Joker slot. Hiker will single-handedly take care of your Chip-increasing needs, allowing you to focus the rest of your Joker slots on Mult, multiplicative Mult, or economy cards.
Hiker works best in smaller decks like the Abandoned Deck, allowing individual cards to gain Chip bonuses more often.
One of the best parts about Hiker is that the Chip gain on each card is permanent (for that run). This means that even if you sell Hiker later on, your cards will still have their bonus Chips, letting you free up a Joker slot after you’ve powered up your cards.
3 Smeared Joker
| Uncommon Joker | Hearts and Diamonds count as the same suit. Spades and Clubs count as the same suit. |
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The Smeared Joker is a great utility card that makes playing Flush decks simple but very effective. Smeared Joker essentially lets you build a Flush deck using two suits of cards rather than just one: Hearts and Diamonds or Spades and Clubs. This also lets you take advantage of other Jokers that activate based on the card’s suit, like the aforementioned Bloodstone.
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Smeared Joker is so versatile and enables much more freedom when building your deck. There are tons of possibilities for using this Joker, and it can really bring a struggling deck together if you happen to get it.
2 Throwback
| Uncommon Joker | x0.25 Mult for each Blind skipped this run. |
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Throwback is a multiplicative Mult scaling Joker that increases in strength every time you choose to skip a Blind. Skipping Blinds can be risky, as when you skip a Blind you won’t be able to go to the shop until you defeat a Blind. This can make Throwback dangerous to use sometimes, but it works exceptionally well if you are able to get a strong early-game lead with a few good Jokers.
Throwback works well after progressing to Red Stake difficulty, where there’s less incentive to fight Small Blinds due to them not earning you as much money. With Throwback, you can turn these annoying roadblocks into a chance to grow stronger.
1 Blueprint
| Rare Joker | Copy the ability of the Joker to the right. |
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Blueprint is perhaps the strongest Joker in Balatro thanks to its extremely versatile effect. Although Blueprint doesn’t actually do anything on its own, being able to double up on certain powerful Jokers will let you double your scores or other significant effects.
You can also move Blueprint around in your Joker slots to have it take advantage of multiple different Jokers. For example, you can have it double something like DNA on the first turn to grant you two additional cards instead of one, then move Blueprint to double Yorick for a massive x25 Mult bonus. The possibilities are endless with Blueprint, which is what makes it so strong.
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