Joker (card)
The jokerWanna know how I got these cards? is a species of card that has a surprising effect which depends on the breed. There are over 150 breeds of joker, making it the most diverse of all card species. The highest concentration of Jokers can be found in Balatro, but the just barely semipermeable motherboard has enabled one breed to go beyond.
Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 2$
Type: Mult
Simply put, the Joker is your typical joker, with the only side effects being +4 Mult.
Smoker
Rarity: Rare
Cost: -2$
Type: Mult
Simply put, the Smoker is your typical joker, with the only side effects being -4 Mult. Don't smoke, kids!
Greedy Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Greedy Joker is one of the four jokers that represent the seven deadly sins, as it is a pig thinking about money. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Diamond suit played.
[RULE 4] Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The [RULE 4] Joker is considered in joker society to be an unofficial patron saint of Valentine's Day. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Heart suit played.
Wrathful Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Wrathful Joker is furious and willing to attack. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Spade suit played.
Gluttonous Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Gluttonous Joker's favorite food is medium Rare steak. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Club suit played.
Prideful Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Prideful Joker. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Sword suit played.
Slothful Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Slothful Joker. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Goblet suit played.
Envious Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Envious Joker yearns to be included in the base game, yet it has merely been relegated to DLC. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Pentacle suit played.
Blasphemous Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Blasphemous Joker is literally committing the most worrysome sins as we speak. It gives +4 Mult for every card in a Wand suit played.
Jolly Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 3$
Type: Mult
The Jolly Joker is as jolly as can be, much like Santa Claus. It gives +8 Mult if the played hand contains a Pair.
| “ | mmm | ” | |
| — Jolly Joker | |||
Zany Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
The Zany Joker is zany to the max. It gives +12 Mult if the played hand contains a Three of a Kind.
Mad Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
The Mad Joker is not as furious as the Wrathful Joker. It gives +20 Mult if the played hand contains a Four of a Kind.
Crazy Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
The Crazy Joker remembers when, it remembers, it remembers, when it lost its mind. It gives +12 Mult if the played hand contains a Straight.
Droll Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
The Droll Joker is oddly humorous. It gives +10 Mult if the played hand contains a Flush.
Sly Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 3$
Type: Chips
The Sly Joker is cunning and deceitful. Don't be fooled. It gives +50 Chips if the played hand contains a Pair.
Wily Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
The Wily Joker tricks its opponents to its advantage, much like a coyote. It gives +100 Chips if the played hand contains a Three of a Kind.
Clever Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
The Clever Joker wants to be in Nine Words of Wisdom. It gives +150 Chips if the played hand contains a Four of a Kind.
Devious Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
The Devious Joker is full of surprises. It gives +100 Chips if the played hand contains a Straight.
Crafty Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
The Crafty Joker can make a DIY house of cards in seconds. It gives +80 Chips if the played hand contains a Flush.
Half Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
The Half Joker is actually the juvenile form of a Joker. The richness of youth enables this Joker to give +20 Mult if a played hand has 3 or fewer cards.
Joker Stencil
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 8$
Type: xMult
Mastering the art of crypsis, this Joker is nowhere to be seen...! Stencilling is the only way for this Joker to pop out of its burrow. Its solitary behaviour makes it give x1 Mult for each empty Joker slot, the Joker Stencil included.
Soaker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
This sopping joker gives +50 chips for every scored card not part of the played poker hand
Four Fingers
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 7$
Type: Utility
This is a notable example of oligodactyly in the video game industry. With this Joker, Flushes and Straights can be made with four cards instead of the traditional five.
| “ | I'm at a loss | ” | |
| — Four Fingers, on it's origin. | |||
Mime
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 5$
Type: Retrigger
Ah, the classic Mime! Stemming from commedia dell'arte in Italy and Japanese noh theatre, mime has continued to reach new heights, including this very game! This mime retriggers all card held in hand abilities.
Credit Card
Rarity: Common
Cost: 1$
Type: Economy
After denying one too many times, this Credit Card was ultimately fired from Capital One. Luckily it found its new job as a dealer. In this case, the user can go up to -$20 in debt.
Ceremonial Dagger
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 6$
Type: Mult
Used for millennia, the Ceremonial Dagger is a sneaky Joker that destroys the unsuspecting Joker to the user's right, adding double its sell value to the Mult.
Banner
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Chips
The Banner is the resident vexillologist. Anatomically speaking, it's one of the longest pennants. It gives +30 Chips for each remaining discard.
Mystic Summit
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
Rocks, like hard places, are known to be foundational, and even when you slip, they can still sustain you. The Mystic Summit, built from newborn igneous rock, acts as the player's saving grace, giving +15 Mult when 0 discards remain in the round.
Marble Joker
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 6$
Type: Utility
Considered the lost Elgin Marble, the Marble Joker was recently unearthed by archaeologists studying near the Parthenon. This geological curiosity adds one Stone card to the deck whenever a Blind is selected.
Loyalty Card
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 5$
Type: xMult
CardsChat has a secret $5/month subscription service that rewards its new members with a Loyalty Card, brought to them by a fleet of UPS trucks. Though on the outside it looks like a normal Joker, it hibernates every five hands and will give x4 Mult for every sixth hand.
8 Ball
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Utility
Is it BFB, II, OFA, or BFTROR? Neither! It's actually the ultra wise patriarch of the entire family, and its wisdom enabled it to create a Tarot card whenever an 8 is scored, though the chances of that are 1 in 4.
Misprint
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: ???
It appears that this one tends to change. This mutation can give the player a high Mult or nothing.
Dusk
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 5$
Type: Retrigger
As its name suggests, Dusk is a crepuscular Joker. It retriggers all played cards in the final hand of the round.
Raised Fist
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
This revolutionary joker adds double the rank of lowest ranked card held in hand to Mult.
Chaos the Clown
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Utility
This helpful chap gives one free reroll per shop! But he isn't called Chaos the Clown for nothing... Just wait until you see what other things the store has to offer.
Fibonacci
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 8$
Type: Mult
Anytime you score an Ace, 2, 3, 5, or 8, this mathematical joker adds +8 Mult.
Loyalty Card
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 7$
Type: xMult
This shiny joker gives x0.2 Mult for each Steel Card in your full deck.
Scary Face
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
Ahhh!! This frightening joker makes all scored face cards give +30 Chips when scored!
Abstract Joker
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
+3 Mult for each Joker card owned.
Delayed Gratification
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Economy
This patient joker will give you 2$ per Discard if no discards are used by end of the round.
Hack
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 6$
Type: Retrigger
This untalented joker will still retrigger each played 2, 3, 4, or 5. So that's something.
Pareidolia
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 5$
Type: Utility
This strange joker will have you seeing faces where there are none!
Gros Michel
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
This tastey joker gives +15 Mult... but has a 1 in 6 of going extinct at end of round!
Even Steven
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Mult
This joker loves even numbers, and will give you +4 Mult when you play them!
Odd Todd
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips
This joker loves odd numbers, and will give you +31 Chips when you play them!
Imaginary Gary
Rarity: Legendary
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips & Mult
This joker loves imaginary numbers, and will give you +i Chips and +i Mult when you play them!
Scholar
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Chips & Mult
This well-educated joker will give +20 Chips and +4 Mult for every Ace you score!
Business Card
Rarity: Common
Cost: 4$
Type: Economy
This proper piece of card-stock gives 2$ when a face card is played... Half the Time.
| “ | let's see Paul Allen's card | ” |
Supernova
Rarity: Common
Cost: 5$
Type: Mult
This cosmic card adds the number of times poker hand has been played this run to Mult. Far out!
Ride the Bus
Rarity: Common
Cost: 6$
Type: Mult
Every hand you play, this card gains +1 Mult... until you score a face card.
Space Joker
Rarity: Uncommon
Cost: 5$
Type: Utility
Due to a grievous error, this card has only a 1 in 255 chance of leveling up the played hand.
Wee Joker
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 8$
Type: Chips
This tiny Joker gains +8 Chips when each played 2 is scored.
Wee Joker
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 8$
Type: Chips
This tiny Joker gains +8 Chips when each played 2 is scored.
| “ | ok, so basically i'm very smol | ” | |
| — Wee Joker, unprompted | |||