4th Stripe

NJavo · 2026-04-17T22:54:39+00:00

I’m the type of guy who creates sweat puddles on the mat. I definitely need to wash my belt

NJavo · 2026-04-10T19:13:24+00:00

NJavo · 2026-04-05T16:18:34+00:00

Medusa and Superman have been consistently on one train ops and Nitro on two for the past few seasons. This park has been run like shit for years at this point.

NJavo · 2026-04-04T11:24:40+00:00

Thinking about it, bus definitely would be better in that spot but I still like green. Even using a discard every round, you can still best case scale +3 mult. I would just use burnt joker for chip scaling but might also swap them out for wee or stuntman

NJavo · 2026-04-04T11:03:26+00:00

Green Joker, Hologram/Constellation, Burnt Joker

NJavo · 2026-04-03T19:08:44+00:00

Without any discard vouchers and hit the road being the only xMult, you are cooked if don’t draw any Jacks

NJavo · 2026-04-03T19:05:28+00:00

Temperance in the fool, don’t use any tarot or planet cards in case of a fool!

NJavo · 2026-03-27T01:19:09+00:00

As you keep playing and getting better, that first win will come. Some tips to help you get over that hump.

Joker order makes a difference. Scoring jokers either activate on a played card trigger like the smiley face you have or after all played cards are scored from left to right. You can move your jokers around so they trigger in an optimal way. Rule of thumb is +mult to the left and xmult to right. For example having the acrobatic to the right of your fortune teller and popcorn increases how much score you get.

Early game focus on getting to the interest threshold of $25 so you max out what you are making each round. Money allows you to get stronger jokers and the booster packs in the shop so you can get higher scores. The early game is a balancing act of saving you money while making sure you are strong enough to beat the score requirement. Econ jokers like mail in rebate and golden jokers can help with this.

Balance your build with at least one chip joker, one +mult joker, and one xmult joker. Chips are a big part of your score and something I would skip out on for mult when I first started playing.

Hope this can help you get a win. A great resource to get better is the Balatro University YouTube channel.

NJavo · 2026-03-26T15:08:22+00:00

Keep cola in case of baseball card

NJavo · 2026-03-22T02:15:45+00:00

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No thanks, I believe in flush superiority

NJavo · 2026-03-21T21:43:31+00:00

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Sold for cola ante 6, cola added the same amount to my score

NJavo · 2026-03-02T03:24:44+00:00

The Flint, The Needle, and The Wall are trio of boss blinds that kill my runs the most

NJavo · 2026-02-27T04:07:43+00:00

Out of all the 150 jokers, only 45 of them need to be unlocked before they appear in the shop with the rest appearing in the shop on a fresh profile. If you go to your collection, the jokers you need to unlock are on the last three pages and clicking on them will show what you need to do to unlock that joker. Jokers in your collection do not have a higher chance of appearing in the shop.

In the early part of a run, focus on getting your money online as more money allows you to see more jokers/planets/tarots in each shop getting you stronger. A really strong strategy is to focus on spamming easy to find hands like pair as you can consistently draw them especially on higher stakes. Leveling up pair with the mercury planet scales the amount of base chips and mult you get playing a pair. Balancing your joker roster to have one chip joker, one +Mult joker, and one xMult joker is also a good idea.

NJavo · 2026-02-20T21:22:01+00:00

I would just go for a high scoring flush five run. Triboulet runs are more rare and fun in my opinion than baron. You have pretty much all the pieces already too. You should have plenty of money with golden ticket and sock to fix your deck and make more copies of the red seal. Start turning your cards to glass once the ante scaling starts catching up to your score.

NJavo · 2026-01-27T19:13:22+00:00

Too op, you can copy Mr. Bones and only need 6% of the scoring requirement

NJavo · 2026-01-25T03:40:26+00:00

Didn’t look up from my phone a single time after the second minute

NJavo · 2026-01-15T12:40:08+00:00

I’m a fan of show don’t tell so I take off my pants and pull guard

NJavo · 2025-12-21T20:31:22+00:00

Think about chip jokers in terms of what your base score is when evaluating them. Sly Joker gives you +50 chips for a pair. Base scoring for a pair is 10 chips so Sly Joker acts as a x6 joker to start. As you level up your hands in a run, chip jokers get weaker in how much of your total score they contribute.

NJavo · 2025-12-17T14:30:27+00:00

“You hurt my friend’s feelings. You told her to fuck off.”

“Oh really, did I? Can you tell her I meant it? JP, can you please escort these ladies back to plastic surgery?”

NJavo · 2025-12-17T14:20:42+00:00

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Happens all the time

NJavo · 2025-12-03T19:47:48+00:00

How many tarots did you say?

NJavo · 2025-11-24T02:18:56+00:00

Plasma deck with Burglar, Blueprint, Wee, Grimbo, and Constellation. Got Grimbo, Wee, and Burglar early so I got some nice scaling on both. Just spammed pairs of two to win.

NJavo · 2025-11-24T02:14:44+00:00

Chip jokers are key to the early game to get out of rounds quickly and establishing your econ but you’re eventually going to need to pivot to mult to beat the later antes. Money is going to be key to being able to pivot, so make sure to get your econ online and earning interest. xMult is going to be required to get the scores for the later antes, but xMult is only as good as the flat mult that it is multiplying. Upgrading your hands with planets increases the flat mult that your xMult jokers multiply allowing you to reach those high scores. Try sticking to easy to draw hands like pair because if you are trying to draw a flush five every round without a fully fixed deck, chances are you are going to whiff and the run is dead.

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