Canio (Joker)
Canio (Joker) Wiki

- Rarity
- Legendary
- Buy Price
- $ 20 (cannot be found in shop)
- Sell Price
- $ 10
- Type
- Multiplicative Mult
- Activation
- Independent
- Unlock
- Find this Joker from the Soul card.
- Effect
- This Joker gains X1 Mult when a face card is destroyed (Currently X1 Mult)
Canio Effect This Joker gains X1 Mult when a face card is destroyed (Currently X1 Mult) Rarity Legendary Stats Buy Price $ 20 (cannot be found in shop) Sell Price $ 10 Type Multiplicative Mult Activation Independent Unlock Requirement Find this Joker from the Soul card.
Canio is one of the five legendary Jokers. Canio gains an extra x1 Mult whenever a face card is destroyed. Legendary Jokers can only be obtained from the Soul spectral card which has a small chance to spawn in Spectral packs and Tarot packs.
Canio is one of the best multiplicative mult cards in the game. A single Hanged Man card can boost Canio to x3 Mult and a synergistic strategy fully utilizing jokers and consumables can easily boost Canio to x10 Mult or higher.
Synergies
Jokers
🃏 Pareidolia: Since all cards are now considered face cards Canio will gain x1 Mult whenever any card is destroyed.
🃏 Trading Card: Can use the first discard to destroy a face card boosting Canio by x1 Mult.
🃏 Glass Joker: If youre investing into glass cards to destroy face cards Glass Joker can provide a nice synergy.
Consumables
🍔 The Hanged Man: destroys 2 cards.
🍔 Justice: creates a glass card that might destroy itself when scored.
🍔 Death & Strength: do not trigger Canio as no cards are destroyed but rather are changed.
Trivia
📚 Canio is a reference to Pagliacci an Italian opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio an actor and the leader of a theatrical company who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a performance.
📚 This joker is animated with Canio hovering just above the silver card face.
📚 The other legendary Jokers are Chicot Perkeo Triboulet and Yorick.
📚 In some early versions and in the games code the card was misspelt as Caino.
Canio (Joker) Languages
Pros and cons
FAQs
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.
How does Gros Michel work in Balatro?
Gros Michel is one of the most powerful additive Mult Jokers granting an unconditional and powerful bonus. However all good things must come to an end and it might so happen that when the deck needs him most hell vanish. Cavendish becomes obtainable and Gros Michel cannot be found again.
Can madness destroy itself in Balatro?
Madness cannot destroy itself but can destroy other copies of Madness. If there are both eternal and non-eternal Jokers present Madness will always destroy a non-eternal Joker.




