Balatrois a rogue-like card game that plays just like traditional Poker with one key difference: Joker cards.
Much more than just a card game.
Assuming you have all Jokers unlocked, here is how to distinguish the tiers for this Joker tier list.
Tier
Explanation
S
These Jokers are the best of the best.
A
These Jokers are great, usually very strong no matter the build you are running.
While not always instant purchases, they can be built around to lead to reach Endless Mode.
D
These Jokers are not what you’re looking for.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm works similarly to Blueprint but instead copies the effect of the leftmost Joker you have.
For the same reasons as Blueprint, making specific Jokers work twice can easily lead to a great run.
This Joker works best with a deck with a lot of Kings, or even better, Steel Kings.
copies the first card you play as long as your first hand in a blind is only one card.
These aresome of the strongest Jokers in the game, and for good reason.
Seltzer
Seltzer retriggers all cards played but only lasts for a limited amount of hands.
Similar to other retrigger effects, it can get a lot of value with specific cards and seals.
Usually, having two S-tier or A-tier Jokers can be enough for Showman to be worth it.
Burnt Joker
Burnt Joker always improves the level of the first hand you discard every blind.
Triboulet
For the Triboulet Joker, each King and Queen scored offers a doubled multiplier.
Canio
Canio is another Legendary Joker and offers effectively the opposite of Triboulet.
For each face card removed from your deck, its multiplied multiplier increases.
Then, the Legendary Joker you will get will be random, but it will beone of five.
Where most cards are good in the early game, this is a great late-game card.
This works really well with Ace builds, but is flexible for cheaper cards too.
Taking it secures a lot of money relatively quickly.
Walkie Talkie
Walkie Talkie offers a flat amount of chips and Mult for each 10 or 4 played.
Faceless Joker
Faceless Joker offers money if the player discards at least three face cards at once.
This is another income-focused Joker but is less consistent than Rocket.
The main tradeoff is how much money players can gain if they have a face card deck.
Depending on how many packs a player has opened, this card can vary from okay to amazing.
Midas Mask
Midas Mask is a unique Joker that turns every scoring face card played into a Gold card.
It works similarly to Gluttonous Joker but offers more flat Mult.
Popcorn
Popcorn offers a large flat amount of Mult but decreases every time a blind is defeated.
This is a very handy Joker in the early game, or for a pinch when you need Mult.
Hiker
Hiker builds up the base chips each card has, increasing it every time it is played.
This is a good Joker for the early and middle game but falls off for the late game.
Bootstraps
Bootstraps is a scaling Joker, which increases in flat Mult based on how much money you have.
Scholar
Scholar offers a flat amount of chips and Mult every time an Ace card is played.
Ice Cream
Ice Cream works just like Popcorn but for chips instead of Mult.
When it hits zero, the Joker disappears.
The more difficult the hand, the higher the multiplied Mult.
Hanging Chad
Hanging Chad is a Joker that repeats the first card played in a hand multiple times.
Stuntman
Stuntman gives the player a slat 250-chip bonus but lowers the player’s hand size by two cards.
Cartomancer
Cartomancer creates a random Tarot card each time a Blind is selected.
Golden Joker
Golden Joker offers a flat amount of money after defeating each blind.
Burglar
Burglar increases the amount of hands per blind you have but removes all discards.
Egg
Egg increases in discard value at the end of every blind.
However, the goal of this card is to get rid of it eventually.
Chaos the Clown
Chaos the Clown offers one free reroll every Shop.
Astronomer
Astronomer makes all Planet cards and Celestial Packs free.
Chicot
This Legendary Joker disables all boss blinds, making them work like every other blind in the game.
This really works best with a Jack-focused deck, but it is hard to get working outside that circumstance.
Pareidolia
This Joker turns all cards played into face cards.
Splash
Splash makes it so every card played counts when scoring.
Lucky Cat
Lucky Cat increases in multiplied multiplier for each Lucky Card triggered.
Square Joker
Square Joker stacks chips every time only four cards are played for a hand.
Banner
Banner offers chips for each discard not used at the end of a round.
Golden Ticket
Golden Ticket gives more money to each Gold Card played.
Stone Joker
Stone Joker gains 25 chips for each Stone Card in the deck.
Merry Andy
Merry Andy provides more discards but decreases the player’s hand size in return.
Rough Gem
Rough Gem offers guaranteed money each time a Diamond card is played.
Acrobat
Acrobat gives a high multiplied multiplier bonus to the final hand of the blind.
Spare Trousers
Spare Trousers stacks Mult every time Two Pair is played.
This effect is similar to Popcorn and Ice Cream but adjusts hand size instead of chips or Mult.
Constellation
Constellation is a scaling multiplied multiplier Joker that increases for each Planet card used.
This doesn’t count retroactively, only counting Planet cards that have been used after Constellation has been purchased.
This is a very specific Joker, but the benefits of Spectral cards can vary from useless to run-winning.
Both cards are good early-game cards that fall heavily in the late game.
Flash Card
Flash Card stacks Mult each time the player rerolls the Shop.
Juggler
Juggler gives a flat bonus to the player’s hand size, increasing it by one.
Drunkard
Drunkard gives a flat bonus to the player’s discard amount, increasing it by one.
The money given is also significant, but the randomness can make it useless for some blinds.
Runner
Runner offers a scaling amount of chips each time a Straight is played.
The specific requirement for this card makes it one of the worse Jokers that offers a Tarot card.
Marble Joker
Marble Joker adds a Stone Card to the player’s deck at the end of every Blind.
Credit Card
Credit Card makes it so players can go into negative money, up to -$20.
Shortcut
Shortcut makes it so players can make Straights with gaps, like a Straight of 10/9/7/6/5.
Diet Cola
Diet Cola is a Joker that, when discarded, offers a Double Tag.
Bull
Bull offers a scaling amount of chips based on how much money the player currently has.
Seance
Seance offers a guaranteed Spectral card if the player plays a Straight Flush.
Matador
Matador offers money to the player every time they activate the boss blind.
It doesn’t mean they are inherently useless, but it does mean thatlots of other cards are better.
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