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?
Blackboard doesn't synergize with this card, which is a fairly powerful joker if you find it.
Blackboard is completely unaffected? That's the x3 for black cards in hand, yes?
If you have 3 more hands and lose the standard of 3 discards, you just use your hands like you would any discard and even in the worst case where you intend to play a red card, you still make more point than if you had discarded?
Yeah, it only triggers if your deck is spades and clubs, any hearts/diamonds cause it to not work. It's manageable in some playthroughs, but it really depends on your strategy and how many hearts/diamonds you have in your hand.
It can be risky if you are counting on blackboard to trigger and only have one hand / no repeat hand/one card selected bosses.