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Playstyles and goals

Econ/value, tempo and survival, and what to aim for by ante 8.

By KingBMP 0.5.5white stakeplaystyles
Beginner

Econ/value

Mail-In Rebate

More $ = more scoring, better deck fixing, and stronger econ/value
Earlier suit changer/planet levels can make up the difference of a 2-4x joker while providing better deck fixing and scoring potential for late game
Finding stronger value generators earlier helps prepare for S tier jokers faster
To maximize value, you want to keep the least number of scoring jokers to get as close to the score as possible and use every discard/hand (if it makes sense) to gain all the value in your deck (seals, enhancements, etc.)

Intermediate

Tempo

Campfire

Quickly taking your opponent's lives to win faster or pressure them to sell out of value generators to survive
Tempo comes from jokers, tarots, or even a holo/glass card
A tarot can provide flush house or other strong hand that strongly synergizes with your joker lineup
An extra scoring joker over econ can lead to more breathing room to later utilize stronger econ/value generators
In white stake, it is generally best to keep your value generators and only do a quick switch on a few jokers heading into pvp so that you are not too far behind your opponent in shops leading them to find a strong joker (ancient/idol) much earlier than you and then proceeding to lose every pvp after

Beginner

Survival

Smiley Face

If you are struggling or mathematically unable to live blinds, then rolling a few times to increase chances of getting a tarot/joker/planet to survive may be best
A good way to determine if you can survive blinds is by rounding your mult from jokers and planets,
then multiplying it by the chips from jokers, planets and cards
Example: 25 mult smiley x (50 chips sly +50 chips facecards) = 25*100 = 2500

Intermediate

Deck Mogging

Purple Seal

Strong Deck for ante 8

  • 45 cards or less
  • 10-15 enhancements
  • 15-20 joker lineup related cards
  • 10-15 seals (few blues, many of everything else)

Accessing Logs

How to access logs:

For Windows: Press Windows + R keys > type %appdata%/balatro/mods/lovely/logs

For mac: Press Command + Shift + G > then type /Users/[User's Name (replace this with your user)]/Library/Application Support/Balatro/Mods/lovely/logs

After locating your logs you can grab your latest log (make sure to sort by date) and upload it into the Log Parser on https://balatromp.com/log-parser

Log Goals

Penny Pincher
  • Rolls: 80
  • Total Money Made: $800
  • S tier jokers 3-5
  • Relevant planet levels 10-15

Joker tier lists

King's White Stake Scoring / Retrigger Joker Tier List · tier list by AcherosOpen ↗
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King's White Stake Econ / Value Generator Joker Tier List · tier list by AcherosOpen ↗
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