Arrowhead

Arrowhead

Effect

Played cards with  Spade suit give +50 Chips when scored

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Have at least 30 cards with Spade suit in your deck

Stats

Buy Price

7

Sell Price

3

Type

Chips

Activation

On Scored

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Arrowhead is an Uncommon Spades-oriented Chips Joker. Arrowhead provides +50 Chips per  Spade when scored.

Arrowhead thrives when playing Spade Flushes, providing +250 Chips, and more if any retrigger effects, such as Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png), are present. This makes Arrowhead a good reason to opt in to Flushes, although 50 Chips per Spade can supplement any build.

• Checkered Deck ( Start run with {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Spades}} and {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Hearts}} in deck Win a run with the {{D|Black}} on any difficulty Checkered Deck.png) is the easiest Deck to pair with Arrowhead, since it starts with 26 Spades, allowing the player to play Spade Flushes consistently.
• Plasma Deck ( Balance [[Chips|{{hl|blue|Chips}}]] and [[Mult|{{hl|red|Mult}}]] when calculating score for played hand <br> {{hl|red|X2}} base Blind size Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Blue}} difficulty or harder Plasma Deck.png) is arguably the strongest Deck to pair with Arrowhead, as the innate advantage Chips have on it makes Arrowhead's 50 Chips per Spade an immense boon. However, the viability of this playstyle can heavily depend on if the player has already fixed their Deck toward Spade cards.
• Black Deck ( {{hl|orange|+1}} Joker slot <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|100}} items from your [[collection]] Black Deck.png) appreciates having such a strong Chips Joker, as it frees up slots for more Mult/Effect Jokers.

Although a potential source of chips for any hand due to its high output, Arrowhead is strongest with Flush hands. These are:

• Flush
• Straight Flush
• Flush House
• Flush Five

• Retrigger Jokers can greatly increase Arrowhead's scoring power.
  • Hanging Chad (Retrigger {{hl|orange|first}} played card used in scoring {{hl|orange|2}} additional times Beat a Boss Blind with a {{ph|High Card}} Common Retrigger On Scored Hanging Chad.png) is a relatively easy Joker to pair with Arrowhead on account of being a Common.
  • Other retrigger Jokers include Sock and Buskin (Retrigger all played {{hl|orange|face}} cards Play a total of {{hl|orange|300}} face cards Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Sock and Buskin.png), Seltzer (Retrigger all cards played for the next {{hl|orange|10}} hands Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Seltzer.png), and Dusk (Retrigger all played cards in {{hl|orange|final hand}} of the round Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Dusk.png), although all of these are conditional, unlike Hanging Chad.
• Wrathful Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Spade}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Wrathful Joker.png) provides +3 Mult per Spade, giving a small complementary boost to Arrowhead's Chips.
• Smeared Joker ({{suit|Hearts}} and {{suit|Diamonds}} count as the same suit, {{suit|Spades}} and {{suit|Clubs}} count as the same suit Have at least {{hl|orange|3}} [[Wild Cards|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] in your deck Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Smeared Joker.png) allows Arrowhead to benefit from Club cards, increasing the scope of its usage.
  • Club-based Jokers like Gluttonous Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Gluttonous Joker.png) and Onyx Agate (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{mult|+7}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Club}} suit in your deck Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Onyx Agate.png) may be useful in this context.
• Blackboard ({{xmult|3}} if all cards held in hand are {{suit|Spades}} or {{suit|Clubs}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Blackboard.png) may be useful with Arrowhead once the player has sufficiently removed enough Hearts and Diamonds from the Deck, allowing its X3 Mult condition to activate consistently. This may be a reason to play hands other than Flush, for the ability to throw away Red-suited cards as non-scoring cards.
• As a precaution, it may be useful to obtain Luchador (Sell this card to disable the current [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Luchador.png) (or on rarer occasions, Chicot (Disables effect of every [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Effect On Blind Select Chicot.png)) to ensure that Arrowhead may function properly against certain Boss Blinds.

• Arrowhead works well with Wild Cards (Can be used as any suit Wild Card.png). This can allow base Heart, Club, and Diamond cards to benefit from Arrowhead.
• Mult Cards ({{mult|+4}} Mult Card.png), Lucky Cards ({{hl|green|1 in 5}} chance for {{mult|+20}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 15}} chance to win {{money|20}} Lucky Card.png), and Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png) also work well due to Arrowhead already providing a substantial amount of Chips.
• Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) can increase the scoring power of Arrowhead, as with all other retrigger effects.

• The World (Converts up to {{hl|orange|3}} selected cards to {{Suit|Spades}} Available from start. Tarot The World.png) can turn some non-Spade cards into Spade cards allowing the player to see Spade cards easier.
• The Lovers (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Lovers.png) can turn some non-Spade cards into Wild Cards which trigger Arrowhead.
• Death (Select {{hl|orange|2}} cards, convert the {{hl|orange|left}} card into the {{hl|orange|right}} card<br>{{hl|gray|(Drag to rearrange)}} Available from start. Tarot Death.png) can turn some non-Spade cards into Spade cards.
• The Hanged Man (Destroys up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards Available from start. Tarot The Hanged Man.png) can remove some non-Spade cards.
• Deja Vu (Add a [[Red Seal|{{hl|red|Red Seal}}]] to {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in your hand Available from start. Spectral Deja Vu.png) can apply Red Seals onto Spade cards allowing for more Arrowhead triggers.

• Castle (This Joker gains {{Chips|+3}} per discarded [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] card, suit changes every round <br> {{currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Mixed Castle.png) as a fellow Chips Joker may be awkward to use alongside Arrowhead, especially if the current suit required for the round is Spades.
• While Four Fingers (All {{ph|Flushes}} and {{ph|Straights}} can be made with 4 cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Four Fingers.png) can make Flushes easier to play, it enables the player to do so with less overall cards, therefore the scoring power of Arrowhead is weakened if the player opts for a 4-card Spade Flush.
  • It may be suitable to hunt for Planet cards and/or scaling Mult Jokers if Four Fingers must remain in conjunction with Arrowhead.

• The Goad ( Boss The Goad.png) will debuff all Spade cards, meaning Arrowhead cannot activate.
• The Pillar ( Boss The Pillar.png) debuffs previously played cards in the Ante, which may debuff a substantial amount of the player's Spade cards if Arrowhead is essential to the current Joker Build.

• Unlocking Arrowhead is easiest on the Checkered Deck ( Start run with {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Spades}} and {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Hearts}} in deck Win a run with the {{D|Black}} on any difficulty Checkered Deck.png), which starts with 26 Spade cards, making it substantially easier to reach 30 Spade cards total.

• An arrowhead is a rough approximation of the shape of a spade.
  • LocalThunk's artwork is based on an arrowhead he found on a beach, which was eventually donated to a museum.^[1]
• An arrowhead is a symbol of anger, relating this joker to the Wrathful Joker, a Spade-based joker.
• Arrowhead is one of four stone/mineral-themed jokers unlocked by having 30 of that suit in your deck. The others are Rough Gem (Played cards with {{suit|Diamond}} suit earn {{Money|1}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Diamond}} suit in your deck Uncommon Economy On Scored Rough Gem.png) (diamonds), Bloodstone ({{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance for played cards with {{suit|Heart}} suit to give {{xmult|1.5}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Heart}} suit in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult On Scored Bloodstone.png) (hearts), and Onyx Agate (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{mult|+7}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Club}} suit in your deck Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Onyx Agate.png) (clubs).

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