Merry Andy (Joker)
Merry Andy (Joker) Wiki

- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Buy Price
- $ 7
- Sell Price
- $ 3
- Type
- Effect
- Activation
- N/A (Passive)
- Unlock
- Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds
- Effect
- +3 discards each round -1 hand size
Merry Andy Effect +3 discards each round -1 hand size Rarity Uncommon Stats Buy Price $ 7 Sell Price $ 3 Type Effect Activation N/A (Passive) Unlock Requirement Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds
Merry Andy is an uncommon joker that provides additional discards but at the cost of a reduced hand size.
Synergies
Poker Hands
♥️ Straights usually require more discards to set up.
♥️ If you need to draw a specific enhanced card to win Merry Andy allows you to sift through up to 15 more cards every round.
Jokers
🃏 Juggler helps with negating this jokers downside.
🃏 Banner can combo with Merry Andy to provide additional chips early game.
🃏 It also works well with Delayed Gratification for economy increasing the payout by an extra $6.
🃏 Burglar has anti-synergy as Burglar always removes all discards (no matter the order of the 2 Jokers).
Trivia
📚 In the playtest build Merry Andy was a rare joker that allowed unused Discards to be carried over to the next blind. This led to some broken strategies such as farming large amount of money with Delayed Gratification or granting huge amount of chips with Banner. Its effect was completely overhauled upon release.
📚 Andy is commonly used as a term on Twitch as a generic way to refer to a person. Its often preceded by any other combination of words e.g. Balatro Andy would be a way to refer to someone playing this game.
📚 If you generate Merry Andy through a Judgement Tarot Card you will get the extra discards for the current hand without cards being discarded from your hand but will drop your hand size when you next draw.
Merry Andy (Joker) Languages
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 快乐安迪
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 快樂小丑
- Dutch
- Vrolijke Andy
- French
- Andy le gentil
- German
- Fröhlicher Andy
- Indonesian
- Merry Andy
- Italian
- Risparmio di scarti
- Japanese
- メリーアンディ
- Korean
- 즐거운 앤디
- Polish
- Radosny Radek
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Jogada de Descartes
- Russian
- Веселый Энди
- Spanish (Spain)
- Loco por el circo
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Andy el alegre
Pros and cons
FAQs
Do you keep Jokers in Balatro?
Jokers are the lifeblood of any Balatro run. These cards have their own slot where the player can hold them and the size of these slots varies depending on the chosen deck or difficulty. Jokers can be found in Stores Buffoon Booster Packs and certain Spectral or Tarot cards.May 9 2024
What is a Rake Chase?
Rake chases are poker promotions which are incentives for players to rake more and reward them generously for that.
How to unlock invisible Joker Balatro?
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.










