Balatro Jokers

In Balatro, jokers are special modifier cards that shape the entire scoring system of a run. They are not part of the standard playing deck but sit in separate slots, providing ongoing or conditional effects that influence every poker hand played. Each joker affects the way chips and multipliers are calculated, which changes how players build their strategies. The game features several rarity tiers, from common to legendary, and each one introduces a different degree of impact and complexity.

Jokers activate automatically during play, applying their effects to every completed hand. Their influence can range from small numeric bonuses to large structural changes in how hands are scored or cards are drawn. The balance of a run depends on how well the player combines these modifiers. General joker functions can be grouped as follows:

• Adding bonus chips to specific hand types or suits
• Increasing the multiplier (Mult) based on certain triggers
• Modifying deck composition or discard limits
• Granting situational bonuses tied to the number of cards, suits, or hand streaks
  Each joker operates within these categories, but the real depth comes from how their effects interact when used together. Because multiple jokers can be active simultaneously, their order and combination often determine total score efficiency.

Nr	Joker	Effect	Cost	Rarity	Unlock Requirement	Type	Act
1	Joker	+4 Mult	$2	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
2	Greedy Joker	Played cards with  Diamond suit give +3 Mult when scored	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
3	Lusty Joker	Played cards with  Heart suit give +3 Mult when scored	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
4	Wrathful Joker	Played cards with  Spade suit give +3 Mult when scored	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
5	Gluttonous Joker	Played cards with  Club suit give +3 Mult when scored	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
6	Jolly Joker	+8 Mult if played hand contains a Pair	$3	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
7	Zany Joker	+12 Mult if played hand contains a Three of a Kind	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
8	Mad Joker	+10 Mult if played hand contains a Two Pair	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
9	Crazy Joker	+12 Mult if played hand contains a Straight	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
10	Droll Joker	+10 Mult if played hand contains a Flush	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
11	Sly Joker	+50 Chips if played hand contains a Pair	$3	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
12	Wily Joker	+100 Chips if played hand contains a Three of a Kind	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
13	Clever Joker	+80 Chips if played hand contains a Two Pair	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
14	Devious Joker	+100 Chips if played hand contains a Straight	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
15	Crafty Joker	+80 Chips if played hand contains a Flush	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
16	Half Joker	+20 Mult if played hand contains 3 or fewer cards	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
17	Joker Stencil	X1 Mult for each empty Joker slot. Joker Stencil included (Currently X1)	$8	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
18	Four Fingers	All Flushes and Straights can be made with 4 cards	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
19	Mime	Retrigger all card held in hand abilities	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	…	On Held
20	Credit Card	Go up to -$20 in debt	$1	Common	Available from start.	+$	N/A
21	Ceremonial Dagger	When Blind is selected, destroy Joker to the right and permanently add double its sell value to this Mult (Currently +0 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
22	Banner	+30 Chips for each remaining discard	$5	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
23	Mystic Summit	+15 Mult when 0 discards remaining	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
24	Marble Joker	Adds one Stone card to the deck when Blind is selected	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	On Blind Select
25	Loyalty Card	X4 Mult every 6 hands played 5 remaining	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
26	8 Ball	1 in 4 chance for each played 8 to create a Tarot card when scored (Must have room)	$5	Common	Available from start.	!!	On Scored
27	Misprint	+0-23 Mult	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
28	Dusk	Retrigger all played cards in final hand of the round	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	…	On Scored
29	Raised Fist	Adds double the rank of lowest ranked card held in hand to Mult	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Held
30	Chaos the Clown	1 free Reroll per shop	$4	Common	Available from start.	!!	N/A
31	Fibonacci	Each played Ace, 2, 3, 5, or 8 gives +8 Mult when scored	$8	Uncommon	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
32	Steel Joker	Gives X0.2 Mult for each Steel Card in your full deck (Currently X1 Mult)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
33	Scary Face	Played face cards give +30 Chips when scored	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	On Scored
34	Abstract Joker	+3 Mult for each Joker card (Currently +0 Mult)	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
35	Delayed Gratification	Earn $2 per discard if no discards are used by end of the round	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	N/A
36	Hack	Retrigger each played 2, 3, 4, or 5	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	…	On Scored
37	Pareidolia	All cards are considered face cards	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
38	Gros Michel	+15 Mult 1 in 6 chance this is destroyed at the end of round.	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
39	Even Steven	Played cards with even rank give +4 Mult when scored (10, 8, 6, 4, 2)	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
40	Odd Todd	Played cards with odd rank give +31 Chips when scored (A, 9, 7, 5, 3)	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	On Scored
41	Scholar	Played Aces give +20 Chips and +4 Mult when scored	$4	Common	Available from start.	++	On Scored
42	Business Card	Played face cards have a 1 in 2 chance to give $2 when scored	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	On Scored
43	Supernova	Adds the number of times poker hand has been played this run to Mult	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
44	Ride the Bus	This Joker gains +1 Mult per consecutive hand played without a scoring face card (Currently +0 Mult)	$6	Common	Available from start.	+m	Mixed
45	Space Joker	1 in 4 chance to upgrade level of played poker hand	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	On Played
46	Egg	Gains $3 of sell value at end of round	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	N/A
47	Burglar	When Blind is selected, gain +3 Hands and lose all discards	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	On Blind Select
48	Blackboard	X3 Mult if all cards held in hand are  Spades or  Clubs	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
49	Runner	Gains +15 Chips if played hand contains a Straight (Currently +0 Chips)	$5	Common	Available from start.	+c	Mixed
50	Ice Cream	+100 Chips -5 Chips for every hand played	$5	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
51	DNA	If first hand of round has only 1 card, add a permanent copy to deck and draw it to hand	$8	Rare	Available from start.	!!	On Played
52	Splash	Every played card counts in scoring	$3	Common	Available from start.	!!	N/A
53	Blue Joker	+2 Chips for each remaining card in deck (Currently +104 Chips)	$5	Common	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
54	Sixth Sense	If first hand of round is a single 6, destroy it and create a Spectral card (Must have room)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
55	Constellation	This Joker gains X0.1 Mult every time a Planet card is used (Currently X1 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
56	Hiker	Every played card permanently gains +5 Chips when scored	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	+c	On Scored
57	Faceless Joker	Earn $5 if 3 or more face cards are discarded at the same time	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	On Discard
58	Green Joker	+1 Mult per hand played -1 Mult per discard (Currently +0 Mult)	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	Mixed
59	Superposition	Create a Tarot card if poker hand contains an Ace and a Straight (Must have room)	$4	Common	Available from start.	!!	Indep.
60	To Do List	Earn $4 if poker hand is a [Poker Hand], poker hand changes at end of round	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	On Played
61	Cavendish	X3 Mult 1 in 1000 chance this card is destroyed at the end of round	$4	Common	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
62	Card Sharp	X3 Mult if played poker hand has already been played this round	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
63	Red Card	This Joker gains +3 Mult when any Booster Pack is skipped (Currently +0 Mult)	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
64	Madness	When Small Blind or Big Blind is selected, gain X0.5 Mult and destroy a random Joker (Currently X1 Mult)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
65	Square Joker	This Joker gains +4 Chips if played hand has exactly 4 cards (Currently 0 Chips)	$4	Common	Available from start.	+c	Mixed
66	Séance	If poker hand is a Straight Flush, create a random Spectral card (Must have room)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	Indep.
67	Riff-Raff	When Blind is selected, create 2 Common Jokers (Must have room)	$6	Common	Available from start.	!!	On Blind Select
68	Vampire	This Joker gains X0.1 Mult per scoring Enhanced card played, removes card Enhancement (Currently X1 Mult)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Mixed
69		Allows Straights to be made with gaps of 1 rank (ex: 10 8 6 5 3)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
70	Hologram	This Joker gains X0.25 Mult every time a playing card is added to your deck (Currently X1 Mult)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
71	Vagabond	Create a Tarot card if hand is played with $4 or less	$8	Rare	Available from start.	!!	Indep.
72	Baron	Each King held in hand gives X1.5 Mult	$8	Rare	Available from start.	Xm	On Held
73	Cloud 9	Earn $1 for each 9 in your full deck at end of round (Currently $4)	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	+$	N/A
74	Rocket	Earn $1 at end of round. Payout increases by $2 when Boss Blind is defeated	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+$	N/A
75	Obelisk	This Joker gains X0.2 Mult per consecutive hand played without playing your most played poker hand (Currently X1 Mult)	$8	Rare	Available from start.	Xm	Mixed
76	Midas Mask	All played face cards become Gold cards when scored	$7	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	On Played
77	Luchador	Sell this card to disable the current Boss Blind	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
78	Photograph	First played face card gives X2 Mult when scored	$5	Common	Available from start.	Xm	On Scored
79	Gift Card	Add $1 of sell value to every Joker and Consumable card at end of round	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+$	N/A
80	Turtle Bean	+5 hand size, reduces by 1 each round	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
81	Erosion	+4 Mult for each card below [the deck’s starting size] in your full deck (Currently +0 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
82	Reserved Parking	Each face card held in hand has a 1 in 2 chance to give $1	$6	Common	Available from start.	+$	On Held
83	Mail-In Rebate	Earn $5 for each discarded [rank], rank changes every round	$4	Common	Available from start.	+$	On Discard
84	To the Moon	Earn an extra $1 of interest for every $5 you have at end of round	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	+$	N/A
85	Hallucination	1 in 2 chance to create a Tarot card when any Booster Pack is opened (Must have room)	$4	Common	Available from start.	!!	N/A
86	Fortune Teller	+1 Mult per Tarot card used this run (Currently +0)	$6	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
87	Juggler	+1 hand size	$4	Common	Available from start.	!!	N/A
88	Drunkard	+1 discard each round	$4	Common	Available from start.	!!	N/A
89	Stone Joker	Gives +25 Chips for each Stone Card in your full deck (Currently +0 Chips)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
90	Golden Joker	Earn $4 at end of round	$6	Common	Available from start.	+$	N/A
91	Lucky Cat	This Joker gains X0.25 Mult every time a Lucky card successfully triggers (Currently X1 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Mixed
92	Baseball Card	Uncommon Jokers each give X1.5 Mult	$8	Rare	Available from start.	Xm	On Other Jokers
93	Bull	+2 Chips for each $1 you have (Currently +0 Chips)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+c	Indep.
94	Diet Cola	Sell this card to create a free Double Tag	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	!!	N/A
95	Trading Card	If first discard of round has only 1 card, destroy it and earn $3	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+$	On Discard
96	Flash Card	This Joker gains +2 Mult per reroll in the shop (Currently +0 Mult)	$5	Uncommon	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
97	Popcorn	+20 Mult -4 Mult per round played	$5	Common	Available from start.	+m	Indep.
98	Spare Trousers	This Joker gains +2 Mult if played hand contains a Two Pair (Currently +0 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+m	Mixed
99	Ancient Joker	Each played card with [suit] gives X1.5 Mult when scored, suit changes at end of round	$8	Rare	Available from start.	Xm	On Scored
100	Ramen	X2 Mult, loses X0.01 Mult per card discarded	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	Xm	Mixed
101	Walkie Talkie	Each played 10 or 4 gives +10 Chips and +4 Mult when scored	$4	Common	Available from start.	++	On Scored
102	Seltzer	Retrigger all cards played for the next 10 hands	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	…	On Scored
103	Castle	This Joker gains +3 Chips per discarded [suit] card, suit changes every round (Currently +0 Chips)	$6	Uncommon	Available from start.	+c	Mixed
104	Smiley Face	Played face cards give +5 Mult when scored	$4	Common	Available from start.	+m	On Scored
105	Campfire	This Joker gains X0.25 Mult for each card sold, resets when Boss Blind is defeated (Currently X1 Mult)	$9	Rare	Available from start.	Xm	Indep.
106	Golden Ticket	Played Gold cards earn $4 when scored	$5	Common	Play a 5 card hand that contains only Gold cards	+$	On Scored
107	Mr. Bones	Prevents Death if chips scored are at least 25% of required chips self destructs	$5	Uncommon	Lose 5 runs	!!	N/A
108	Acrobat	X3 Mult on final hand of round	$6	Uncommon	Play 200 hands	Xm	Indep.
109	Sock and Buskin	Retrigger all played face cards	$6	Uncommon	Play a total of 300 face cards	…	On Scored
110	Swashbuckler	Adds the sell value of all other owned Jokers to Mult (Currently +1 Mult)	$4	Common	Sell a total of 20 Joker cards	+m	Indep.
111	Troubadour	+2 hand size, -1 hand per round	$6	Uncommon	Win 5 consecutive rounds by playing only 1 hand	!!	N/A
112	Certificate	When round begins, add a random playing card with a random seal to your hand	$6	Uncommon	Have a Gold playing card with a Gold Seal	!!	N/A
113	Smeared Joker	Hearts and  Diamonds count as the same suit,  Spades and  Clubs count as the same suit	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 3 Wild Card in your deck	!!	N/A
114	Throwback	X0.25 Mult for each Blind skipped this run (Currently X1 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Continue a saved run from the main menu	Xm	Indep.
115	Hanging Chad	Retrigger first played card used in scoring 2 additional times	$4	Common	Beat a Boss Blind with a High Card	…	On Scored
116	Rough Gem	Played cards with  Diamond suit earn $1 when scored	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 30 cards with Diamond suit in your deck	+$	On Scored
117	Bloodstone	1 in 2 chance for played cards with  Heart suit to give X1.5 Mult when scored	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 30 cards with Heart suit in your deck	Xm	On Scored
118	Arrowhead	Played cards with  Spade suit give +50 Chips when scored	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 30 cards with Spade suit in your deck	+c	On Scored
119	Onyx Agate	Played cards with  Club suit give +7 Mult when scored	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 30 cards with Club suit in your deck	+m	On Scored
120	Glass Joker	This Joker gains X0.75 Mult for every Glass Card that is destroyed (Currently X1 Mult)	$6	Uncommon	Have at least 5 Glass Cards in your deck	Xm	Indep.
121	Showman	Joker, Tarot, Planet, and Spectral cards may appear multiple times	$5	Uncommon	Reach Ante level 4	!!	N/A
122	Flower Pot	X3 Mult if poker hand contains a  Diamond card,  Club card,  Heart card, and  Spade card	$6	Uncommon	Reach Ante level 8	Xm	Indep.
123	Blueprint	Copies ability of Joker to the right	$10	Rare	Win a run	!!
124	Wee Joker	This Joker gains +8 Chips when each played 2 is scored (Currently +0  Chips)	$8	Rare	Win a run in 18 or fewer rounds	+c	Mixed
125	Merry Andy	+3 discards each round, -1 hand size	$7	Uncommon	Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds	!!	N/A
126	Oops! All 6s	Doubles all listed probabilities (ex: 1 in 3 -> 2 in 3)	$4	Uncommon	In one hand, earn at least 10,000 chips	!!	N/A
127	The Idol	Each played [rank] of [suit] gives X2 Mult when scored Rank and Suit of a Card changes every round	$6	Uncommon	In one hand, earn at least 1,000,000 chips	Xm	On Scored
128	Seeing Double	X2 Mult if played hand has a scoring  Club card and a scoring card of any other suit	$6	Uncommon	Play a hand that contains four 7 of Clubs	Xm	Indep.
129	Matador	Earn $8 if played hand triggers the Boss Blind ability	$7	Uncommon	Defeat a Boss Blind in 1 hand without using any discards	+$	Indep.
130	Hit the Road	This Joker gains X0.5 Mult for every Jack discarded this round (Currently X1 Mult)	$8	Rare	Discard 5 Jacks at the same time.	Xm	Mixed
131	The Duo	X2 Mult if played hand contains a Pair	$8	Rare	Win a run without playing a Pair.	Xm	Indep.
132	The Trio	X3 Mult if played hand contains a Three of a Kind	$8	Rare	Win a run without playing a Three of a Kind.	Xm	Indep.
133	The Family	X4 Mult if played hand contains a Four of a Kind	$8	Rare	Win a run without playing a Four of a Kind.	Xm	Indep.
134	The Order	X3 Mult if played hand contains a Straight	$8	Rare	Win a run without playing a Straight.	Xm	Indep.
135		X2 Mult if played hand contains a Flush	$8	Rare	Win a run without playing a Flush.	Xm	Indep.
136	Stuntman	+250 Chips, -2 hand size	$7	Rare	Earn at least 100 million (100,000,000) Chips in a single hand.	+c	Indep.
137	Invisible Joker	After 2 rounds, sell this card to Duplicate a random Joker (Currently 0/2) (Removes Negative from copy)	$8	Rare	Win a game while never having more than 4 jokers.	!!	N/A
138	Brainstorm	Copies the ability of leftmost Joker	$10	Rare	Discard a Royal Flush.	!!
139	Satellite	Earn $1 at end of round per unique Planet card used this run	$6	Uncommon	Have at least $400.	+$	N/A
140	Shoot the Moon	Each Queen held in hand gives +13 Mult	$5	Common	Play every Heart card in your deck in one round.	+m	On Held
141	Driver’s License	X3 Mult if you have at least 16 Enhanced cards in your full deck (Currently 0)	$7	Rare	Enhance 16 cards in your deck	Xm	Indep.
142	Cartomancer	Create a Tarot card when Blind is selected (Must have room)	$6	Uncommon	Discover every Tarot Card.	!!	On Blind Select
143	Astronomer	All Planet cards and Celestial Packs in the shop are free	$8	Uncommon	Discover all Planet cards.	!!	N/A
144	Burnt Joker	Upgrade the level of the first discarded poker hand each round	$8	Rare	Sell 50 cards.	!!	On Discard
145	Bootstraps	+2 Mult for every $5 you have (Currently +0 Mult)	$7	Uncommon	Have at least 2 Polychrome Jokers at the same time.	+m	Indep.
146	Canio	This Joker gains X1 Mult when a face card is destroyed (Currently X1 Mult)	N/A	Legendary	Find this Joker from the Soul card.	Xm	Mixed
147	Triboulet	Played Kings and Queens each give X2 Mult when scored	N/A	Legendary	Find this Joker from the Soul card.	Xm	On Scored
148	Yorick	This Joker gains X1 Mult every 23 [23] cards discarded (Currently X1 Mult)	N/A	Legendary	Find this Joker from the Soul card.	Xm	Mixed
149	Chicot	Disables effect of every Boss Blind	N/A	Legendary	Find this Joker from the Soul card.	!!	On Blind Select
150	Perkeo	Creates a Negative copy of 1 random consumable card in your possession at the end of the shop	N/A	Legendary	Find this Joker from the Soul card.	!!	N/A