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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Smokeydope@lemmy.world to c/balatro@lemm.ee

I legitimately was afraid of getting this guy my first few runs because loosing all discards sounds scary. But +3 hands is actually awesome if you dont have any active synergies with discards going on.

Unused hands contribute money at the end of round. You can burn trash cards on a 'junk hand' which effectively acts like a discard that still gives you points. Having no discards with a positive effect preemptively invalidates the effects of a nasty boss blind.

If you run out of discards but have hands you can still maybe win. If you have all discards but no hands you lost. taps forehead

The only cons I'm thinking is the discard synergyzing cards like... The one that gives you money for each unused discard?? Thats all I can think of. What do you think?

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[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago

The Needle gets neutralised by Burglar. You get 4 hands.

[-] Foxfire@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago

Wait seriously? That's crazy, I assume that's a bug? Either way thanks for that info, I would've never tried that on purpose.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

No, it's just the order of operation. The boss effect applies before the joker.

this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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