The Balatro Thread

[Dave A]

I've just had a great game on the Anaglyph deck with Green stake. It's a deck I hadn't done much with so far, concentrating more on earlier decks. But it's great when you get a run going with plenty of double vouchers and then negative jokers or spectral packs come up when you skip a blind.

I was aceing the game with Flush Fives with Jack's of Spades, but then the round it came crashing down on, I would have aced it with anything but the worst luck possible, but it gave me the worst luck possible. I was regularly scoring between 11m and 25m and I need 14.4m. I got a single Flush Five come up and it didn't include any of the high hitting mult and x1.5 cards.

 

[Touring Mars]

I've just had a great game on the Anaglyph deck with Green stake. It's a deck I hadn't done much with so far, concentrating more on earlier decks. But it's great when you get a run going with plenty of double vouchers and then negative jokers or spectral packs come up when you skip a blind.

I was aceing the game with Flush Fives with Jack's of Spades, but then the round it came crashing down on, I would have aced it with anything but the worst luck possible, but it gave me the worst luck possible. I was regularly scoring between 11m and 25m and I need 14.4m. I got a single Flush Five come up and it didn't include any of the high hitting mult and x1.5 cards.

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Great stuff Dave - can't help but notice that spare Justice card..., were you holding out for a second Flush Five hand?

 

[Dave A]

Great stuff Dave - can't help but notice that spare Justice card..., were you holding out for a second Flush Five hand?

Yes, most rounds I was clearing with one or two Flush Fives. I had about 50-60% of my deck was Jack's of Spades. This blind they just weren't being dealt out. I could have made better choices in the blind, but I expected to get more than the one Flush Five and the one I did get was the weakest it could be, not a single enhanced card.

I've had a couple more successful rounds with that deck, and if you get something good a few Antes in it becomes quite easy. Had another run last night where I ended up with 15 negative Jokers. I've still never hit that legendary Naneinf score without a seeded run.

 

[Wilsonson]

Personally I never continue after winning ante 8 since I'm a bit obsessive and want to "beat" the game asap, ie winning all decks on gold stake and ultimately some day get completionist++ by getting a gold sticker on every joker.

I totally see the allure however. One of my non game beating goals is to get to naninf one day. And even if I never manage that I still want to get a red steel kings build with Mime and Baron online one day (however long it is going to carry me). Like this:

 

[Touring Mars]

Err... I've just had 3 Wheel of Fortune hits in a row... one Holo, one Foil, and one Polychrome

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I beat Magic Deck on Purple Stakes tonight - my 101st ranking win (19 more to go...)

I had a strong Joker deck - Abstract (Polychrome), The Duo, Blueprint, Blackboard and Cavendish (1.5X, 2X, 3X, 3X, 3X = 81X!)

I was playing Pairs and got them up to L21, so it was very easy - I practically didn't need more than one hand until Round 23...

 

[Spacegoat]

Anaglyph deck

Anaglyph deck is exclusively the only deck I use now for causal runs. Can get some fun Joker combinations when you've built up a bunch of double tags and come across a Negative Joker voucher.

 

[DC5Remy]

I cannot get past the black deck to save my life

 

[Touring Mars]

I cannot get past the black deck to save my life

Yeh, that and Plasma Deck are my least favourite. Every $ counts at the start, but you have to be a bit lucky and get decent Jokers quickly.

Anaglyph deck is exclusively the only deck I use now for causal runs. Can get some fun Joker combinations when you've built up a bunch of double tags and come across a Negative Joker voucher.

I love Anaglyph Deck, but the number of double tags I've wasted is not funny.

My rule on that deck now is 'use it or lose it' - I don't hoard them unless I completely don't need them, but getting a tonne of negative Jokers is great fun.

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I didn't play Balatro much during our recent 'heatwave'.

The main reason being that I play on my PS5, connected to my old Sony Bravia, in a small (but perfect!) spare room.

During my last game, the heat from the TV raised the temperature of the room by 3.0°C - which when it is already too warm, it makes playing anything on the PS5 problematic!