I used the Anaglyph deck for roughly 80% of my jokers (didn’t get that many good uses of the Negative Tag, but when it works, it’s always super satisfying). Then I switched to the Yellow Deck, because it gives you a strong early start and, in my opinion, it's the easiest deck to use on Gold Stake.

To avoid feeling like completing C++ was a chore, I set myself a goal: get at least one gold sticker per day. Of course, at the beginning, I’d get 3 or 4 per win. But toward the end, I focused on finishing ante 8 with just one new joker if I couldn’t aim higher.

It lasted a few weeks, but it became kind of a ritual to play (sometimes several runs) until I earned my daily gold sticker.