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1 Blueprint Copy the ability of the Joker to the right. Blueprint is perhaps the strongest Joker in Balatro thanks to its extremely versatile effect.Mar 15 2024

Jokers are special cards at the core of Balatros gameplay. Instead of being included in Decks and played alongside standard cards Jokers are obtained through the Shop and occasionally other means and are held in the players dedicated joker slots until the player sells them or they are destroyed.

Showman when equipped allows duplicates of other Jokers Planet Cards and Tarot to show up in the shop and Booster Packs. 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.

The Gros Michel is included as a Joker card in the Poker themed roguelike video game Balatro where it has a one-in-six chance of being destroyed after each round.

Madness is an uncommon multiplicative Mult Joker that fuels itself with the sacrifice of other Jokers. At the start of every Small and Big Blind it gains X0. 5 Mult and destroys another Joker at random. The destruction of another Joker and gaining X0.

Tournament Points (TPs) are used to buy into VIP tournaments on ClubWPT. All players start with a fixed amount of TPs (500) upon opening a VIP account. They cannot be reloaded but will be automatically “topped up” once per day.

Burnt Joker. Upgrade the level of the first discarded poker hand each round. Sell a total of 50 cards.Mar 15 2024

Unlock Requirement Win a game while never having more than 4 jokers. Invisible Joker is a rare Joker that can be sold after two rounds to duplicate a random Joker in the players inventory. The copied Joker will retain almost all the properties of the original including any scaling Edition and Stickers.

Jokers have four different rarities denoting how likely they are to appear in a given run: Common Uncommon Rare and Legendary. In general higher rarity jokers can be more powerful but when a joker has no direct analogue of a higher rarity it can be difficult to determine if it is better.