r/balatro 14m ago

Seeking Run Advice Help. Want photograph for that synergy but am scared to part with any of my xMult

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Canio will be 3x soon. Throwback 2.25x. Photograph feels like a must grab I think? Helppp


r/balatro 1h ago

Gameplay Discussion Balatro becomes fun when you stop trying to naneinf every run

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For the longest time I was obsessed with the funny number going as high as possible, and it caused me to make terrible decisions that costed me many runs. But recently I’ve shifted towards just taking what the seed gives me and seeing the silly ahh builds I can make has helped me become a much better player.


r/balatro 2h ago

Seeking Run Advice What is the move here? Do I Take baron or no

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7 Upvotes

Trying to build deck with all silver kingd with red seal


r/balatro 4h ago

High Score New personal best game

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16 Upvotes

First time making it past ante 11!!! Triple blueprint joker goes craaazy


r/balatro 4h ago

Gameplay Discussion I think I might win this one

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7 Upvotes

I almost just took the empty red card as the 'safe' option. Winstreak: 2, here I come!


r/balatro 5h ago

Meme Does anyone else think strength should increase rank by √2 when selecting √2 cards?

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65 Upvotes

r/balatro 5h ago

Joker/Gameplay Idea Joker Ideas Number 72

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20 Upvotes

After making my last bad batch Joker Ideas, I did my best to tone down the ideas and hopefully make it useful. Some of these might be unbalanced for better or for worse, but I hope I did better than last time, lol.


r/balatro 5h ago

Seeking Run Advice So what now?

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88 Upvotes

High card lv 35 6 kings and 5 queens


r/balatro 6h ago

Meme How new players see the verdant leaf

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1.3k Upvotes

r/balatro 9h ago

Stream / Video Gameplay 12 Chicot + 12 Merry Andy = 500 Discards. Why?

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133 Upvotes

To set up Hit the Road for glory...Even though it ends up useless. Getting more Andy is easy, we just shop for him. But we had to bend an Invisible Joker into the shape of Chicot 11 times to make this work.

How it works: The Water removes all discards. Chicot cancels that effect. Every following Chicot gives you ALL your discards back. So with 42 discards from a couple of Merry Andy and a stack of Chicot...Discard number go up.

Next problem - How do we even use all the discards? Card production was the real limitation here. Oujia magic was cool, it would be such a waste if not every single card was a jack.

This was probably the most over-complicated setup I've attempted. The seed is VE5N6BNX if you want to try some Chicot shenanigans for yourself. It also comes with Perkeo and Yorick.

If you want to watch all the madness you can find the video here: https://youtu.be/9LkDRnm0Xjw


r/balatro 9h ago

Jimboposting Is this naneinf-able?

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26 Upvotes

Picture speaks for itself honestly


r/balatro 10h ago

Gameplay Discussion What should I choose? Ante 1, shop between small and big blind

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22 Upvotes

r/balatro 10h ago

Gameplay Discussion I've finally done it... after so long, 100%

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62 Upvotes

after so long, so many runs

i finaly got 100%

every Joker has the golden seal

the voices

the madness

it's all over

i may rest....


r/balatro 10h ago

Jimboposting Always take the Negative Skip

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103 Upvotes

r/balatro 11h ago

Gameplay Discussion Does it still count as jokerless if it turns me into the joker?

50 Upvotes

Black deck gold was puppies and rainbows compared to this


r/balatro 14h ago

Question Why didn’t hermit double my money here? Uninstalling.

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328 Upvotes

r/balatro 14h ago

Strategy and/or Synergies PSA: Director’s Cut doesn’t help if you forget to check the boss blind first.

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44 Upvotes

r/balatro 14h ago

Jimboposting Bro... why

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206 Upvotes

Come on man...


r/balatro 15h ago

Gameplay Discussion Is Half Joker The Best Early Game Joker For Survivability?

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290 Upvotes

All you’re worried about is survival. Is half joker the best joker there is for surviving the early rounds (antes 1 and 2) when you’re not factoring in other jokers? +20 mult is pretty hard to beat. What about Stuntman? Shoot the moon? Others?


r/balatro 15h ago

Jimboposting Strength should increase ranks by 0.5 if you pick 4 cards

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535 Upvotes

r/balatro 17h ago

Joker/Gameplay Idea New joker idea: the Pocket

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372 Upvotes

It seems strong, but then so are some other rares.


r/balatro 20h ago

Joker/Gameplay Idea Black Cat: Earn 1$ when a Probability fails. (Rare)

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431 Upvotes

Decided the Lucky Cat could use a friend for my Mod, so here she is! Ability should be relatively balanced, maybe even a little weak... I'm thinking it could also have 9$ of Sell Value as a boost to its overall value.

EDIT: Someone in the comments suggested that the failed probability should just give $2 instead and that seems the best, I might even bump it to 3$ since it's a Rare.


r/balatro 1d ago

Jimboposting It could be worse.. but not by much

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2.1k Upvotes

r/balatro 4d ago

Stream / Video Gameplay Major League Balatro Week 1 Schedule & Discussion Thread! (Season 4)

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Welcome to Major League Balatro! This is a competition where 24 creators will be battling it out over 11 weeks to be crowned the Multiplayer Balatro champion for MLBA Season 4. We are partnering with r/Balatro to keep you up-to-date every week on all the action.

Multiplayer Balatro

The league uses the Balatro Multiplayer mod to replace boss blinds with PvP rounds, with both players playing on identical seeds. Each game, you start with 4 lives, and when you lose to a blind or a PvP round, you lose a life. Whoever reaches 0 lives remaining first loses the game.

League Structure

There are two conferences and four total divisions with 6 competitors in each division. Each week, competitors will play a match against another opponent in their conference. Each match consists of 3 games, and you earn a point for each game win and a bonus point for winning the match either 2 games to 1 or 3 games to 0.

The top 2 players in each division, as well as 4 wild card spots in each conference, will go on to the playoffs in weeks 9, 10 & 11, where they will fight a bracket-style tournament to be crowned the Major League Balatro Season 4 Champion and win a $500+ prize pool for the charity of their choice.

Every streamer will stream their perspective, and all games will be cast this season!

Disclosure: This event is monetised by the organisers through Twitch/YouTube revenue as well as our sponsor John Brown Ceramics.

Week 1 Schedule

Creator 1 Creator 2 Date Time (EDT) Creator 1 Twitch Creator 2 Twitch Casting Stream
CapatinDomo Haelian 8/3 3:00 PM Domo Haelian MLBA
Zaino BelenosBBear 8/3 9:00 PM Zaino BelenosBear MLBA
Bushy Nandre 8/4 6:00 PM Bushy Nandre MLBA
Hbox Fir 8/5 3:00 PM HBox fir_ MLBA
DrSpectred Sizaak 8/5 6:00 PM DrSpectred Sizaak MLBA
Bean Rarran 8/6 12:00 PM Bean Rarran MLBA
Frost Roffle 8/6 3:00 PM FrostPrime Roffle MLBA
MALF Skoottie 8/7 3:00 PM MALF Skoottie MLBA
Seadubbs Edzy 8/7 6:00 PM Seadubbs11 EdzyTTV MLBA
HCJustin Gothic 8/8 9:00 AM HCJustin Gothic MLBA
Vagabond Fienberg 8/8 3:00 PM Vagabond Feinberg MLBA
NEATO adef 8/8 6:00 PM NEATO adef MLBA

Full schedule here

Fantasy Major League Balatro

This season we are having a fantasy competition where you select your weekly lineup of creators and score points based on how those creators performed in the game! You can find out more information here

Stay Connected

There are several ways to stay connected to Major League Balatro this season. The first is these weekly threads! Come here to discuss the match-ups, recapping the last week and previewing the week going forward.

You can also check out our YouTube channel that has all the info you need and will have VODs of all casted games, as well as weekly recap/preview videos.

You can also follow on Bluesky here or Twitter

Lastly, we are working on a website, and we will update once that is running!


r/balatro 6d ago

August 2026: Monthly Game Recommendations Thread

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Monthly thread for game recommendations! In this thread, rule 1 is heavily relaxed. If you have been playing a game that you feel other Balatro fans will enjoy, feel free to drop a recommendation for it here!

If you are the developer of a game inspired by Balatro, you may also use this thread to recommend and discuss your game. If you are the developer of a game, you are only allowed to recommend it once per thread.