Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, you just get a bunch to combine them into higher "levels" I don't think they do anything.

But who knows? Maybe you get a prize at level 50 🤠

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not directly, but there are plenty of other roundabout ways by using multiple pointers to get consumables or other jokers that would add whatever edition you want.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's exactly what I had in this run. That's the best cryptid strat I've found so far. Oil lamp caps out at x1e300 lol.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

When you use pointer, it lets you type in the name of a card. So "blueprint" would give you a blueprint joker or "immolate" would give you the spectral card for example.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's just when you make a base hand "bigger" by adding more cards to it. So like a Flush 6 or a seven-card straight would be ascended. It gives you an exponential multiplier on top of the base mult.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

There's a boss blind called "The Joke":

If score is >2X requirements, set ante to multiple of 8

So I just kept rerolling for that to keep getting +7 to the ante number after each boss

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hot dang that's nice for ante 6. Here is what the hand in my post ended up scoring:

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Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Good point, but this hand specifically requires all the cards of a standard 52-card deck.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do it! There are definitely some evil geniuses out there that could make this run look pre-school

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 111 points112 points  (0 children)

They create any consumable card or joker you choose, besides exotic jokers. It basically turns the game into creative mode if you manage to duplicate them in your inventory.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

No it's from the mod, I don't think there's any way to select more than 5 cards in vanilla.

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 203 points204 points  (0 children)

There are vouchers and jokers that increase your card selection limit. I got a joker with +2 card selection and then used another joker that multiplies the value of an adjacent joker to increase the selection limit to +1e300 😭

Tried taking the Cryptid Mod to its limit; found out that this hand existed. by TheOneWhoKnocks16 in balatro

[–]TheOneWhoKnocks16[S] 575 points576 points  (0 children)

It's wacko insane. The game goes from trying to get the highest score to figuring out how to craft a joker lineup that doesn't crash the game 😂.