The Idol (Joker)
The Idol (Joker) Wiki
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Buy Price
- $ 6
- Sell Price
- $ 3
- Type
- Multiplicative Mult
- Activation
- On Scored
- Unlock
- In one hand earn at least 1000000 Chips.
- Effect
- Each played [rank] of [suit] gives X2 Mult when scoredCard changes every round
The Idol Effect Each played [rank] of [suit] gives X2 Mult when scoredCard changes every round Rarity Uncommon Stats Buy Price $ 6 Sell Price $ 3 Type Multiplicative Mult Activation On Scored Unlock Requirement In one hand earn at least 1000000 Chips.
The Idol is a Joker that provides x2 Mult when a card with a chosen rank and suit is scored. The chosen card is set to a random rank and suit currently present in your deck at the end of each round. For example the card may be an Ace of Spades or 7 of Diamonds.
Synergies
Decks
🂠 Abandoned Deck can make it easier to manipulate the deck into one type of card due to the reduced number of starting cards.
🂠 Zodiac Deck starts with Tarot Merchant which can be helpful to manipulate the deck in your favor using Tarot Cards.
🂠 Checkered Deck starts with 2 of every card rather than 1 making it slightly more consistent to activate in the early game.
Abandoned Deck
Zodiac Deck
Checkered Deck
Poker Hands
♥️ Flush Five works exceptionally well with The Idol because it can trigger the effect 5 times plus any additional retriggers from Jokers or Red Seals.
♥️ If using The Idol its best to play a Flush Five as soon as possible in order to unlock its respective Planet Card Eris.
♥️ In the early to midgame one can make do with Three of a Kind and Four of a Kind assuming the correct card is chosen by The Idol. Due to the highly random nature of the card you will likely want more reliable sources of score before you can fully utilize it. That said using this joker in the early to midgame is nearly impossible.
Jokers
🃏 Jokers that retrigger scored cards such as Dusk or Hack will compound the multiplication immensely.
🃏 Jokers that help manipulate the deck to fewer types of cards will make the randomly chosen card more likely to be desirable. DNA or Trading Card are the most important jokers for accomplishing this.
Dusk
Hack
DNA
Trading Card
Consumables
🍔 The Hanged Man and Death can be used to remove undesired card(s) making The Idol more consistent. Thus Vagabond can be one of the best ways to enable The Idol.
🍔 The Tower can also be used to make The Idol more consistent as The Idol cannot choose a Stone card to buff.
Vagabond
Trivia
📚 The card art depicts a colorful wood carving of a head also known as a tiki idol.
The Idol (Joker) Languages
Pros and cons
FAQs
What does the misprint Joker do in Balatro?
Misprint is a common Joker which randomly adds between +0 and +23 Mult inclusive to your hand. The description is constantly changing and glitching to represent this. On average Misprint gives +11.5 Mult.May 17 2024
What are Joker stickers in Balatro?
Balatro has 11 Stickers that can be applied to Jokers or Decks. Stickers can be Stake-based indicating previous wins with this Joker or they can be one of three stickers that have in-run effects. The player cannot manually apply or remove any Stickers.
Do you keep Jokers in Balatro?
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.
