Bloodstone

Bloodstone

Effect
1 in 2 chance for played cards with  Heart suit to give X1.5 Mult when scored
Rarity
Uncommon
Unlock Requirement
Have at least 30 cards with Heart suit in your deck
Stats
Buy Price
7
Sell Price
3
Type
Multiplicative Mult
Activation
On Scored
Compatibility
Copyable
Yes
Perishable
Yes
Eternal
Yes

Bloodstone is an Uncommon Hearts-oriented Multiplicative Mult Joker which has a 1 in 2, or a 50% chance to immediately provide X1.5 Mult for each  Heart scored.

Synergies

  • Checkered Deck is the easiest Deck to pair with Bloodstone, as it starts with 26 Heart cards, which makes playing Heart Flushes consistently an easy task.
  • Blue Deck's extra hand makes it easier to get a winning amount of Bloodstone triggers.

Any Flush hand with the Heart suit works with Bloodstone, such as:

Although, any 5-card hand that includes 2-3 Heart cards can benefit greatly as well.

  • Lusty Joker also triggers when Hearts are scored, giving the player a small boost scoring power if the Poker Hand's base Mult is not scaled highly, rendering Bloodstone's X1.5 Mult relatively weak.
  • Oops! All 6s is incredibly useful, guaranteeing that this Joker's effect triggers. Because Bloodstone works so well with Oops! All 6s, stacking other chance-based Jokers, like Lucky Cat, Business Card, and Hallucination, can be helpful to maximize the value of Oops! All 6s.
  • Retrigger Jokers are very useful, as they make Bloodstone's inconsistency matter less with more overall triggers.
  • Other XMult and +Mult on-score Jokers, like The Idol, Triboulet, Fibonacci, and Even Steven, are very helpful, as they push Mult even higher when combined with Bloodstone's effect and other retrigger Jokers.
  • Smeared Joker allows both Diamonds and Hearts to trigger Bloodstone.
    • Additionally, Smeared Joker allows you to pair Bloodstone with Diamond-oriented Jokers, like Greedy Joker and Rough Gem.
  • When there are multiple Bloodstones (or when copied by Blueprint or Brainstorm), their triggers are calculated separately. This can provide more consistent scoring.

Consumables

  • The Sun can turn some non-Heart cards into Heart Cards.
  • The Hanged Man can remove some non-Heart cards.
  • Death can turn some cards into Heart cards.
  • The Lovers can turn some non-Heart cards into Wild Cards which trigger Bloodstone.
  • Deja Vu can apply a Red Seal to Heart Cards allowing more chances for Bloodstone triggers.

Anti-Synergies

  • Golden Needle makes it very risky to use Bloodstone (unless with Oops! All 6s), as this deck only starts with 1 hand, which means scoring too little at any point will lead to game over.

Jokers

  • While Four Fingers can make Flushes easier to play, it enables the player to do so with less overall cards, therefore the scoring power of Bloodstone is weakened if the player opts for a 4-card Heart Flush.
    • It may be suitable to hunt for Planet cards and/or scaling Mult Jokers if Four Fingers must remain in conjunction with Bloodstone.

Blinds

  • The Head will debuff all Heart cards, meaning Bloodstone cannot activate.
  • The Pillar debuffs all previously played cards of the Ante, which may debuff a substantial amount of the player's Heart cards if Bloodstone is vital to the current Joker Build.

Usage Notes

  • As previously mentioned, Checkered Deck starts with 26 Heart cards, making it substantially easier to reach 30 Heart cards total to unlock Bloodstone.

Trivia

  • Bloodstone is one of four stone/mineral-themed jokers unlocked by having 30 cards of that suit in your deck. The others are Arrowhead (spades), Rough Gem (diamonds), and Onyx Agate (clubs).
  • A bloodstone (also known as a Heliotrope) is a typically green stone with distinctive red spots resembling drops of blood, hence the name.
  • Bloodstone could be connected to Lusty Joker, with the name relating to the term "bloodlust" or "lust for blood".
  • Before Update 1.0.1f, this was the only chance-based Joker to have a 1 in 3 chance, and therefore required two Oops! All 6s to have a 100% activation chance. It has since been changed to a 1 in 2 chance of triggering.

Update History

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.
1.0.1f
  • Effect
    • 1 in 3 chance for played cards with  Heart suit to give X2 Mult when scored -> 1 in 2 chance for played cards with  Heart suit to give X1.5 Mult when scored

1.0.0h

  • Effect
    • Played cards with  Heart suit give +8 Mult when scored -> 1 in 3 chance for played cards with  Heart suit to give X2 Mult when scored
  • Rarity
    • Rare -> Uncommon

0.8.7c

  • Effect
    • Played cards with  Heart suit give +4 Mult when scored -> Played cards with  Heart suit give +8 Mult when scored

In other languages

LanguageNameNotes
Internalj_bloodstone
Chinese (Simplified)血石
Chinese (Traditional)血石
DutchBloedsteen
FrenchPierre de sang
GermanBlutstein
IndonesianBloodstone
ItalianDiaspro sanguigno
Japaneseブラッドストーン
Korean혈석
PolishKrwawy kamieńLiterally: 'a bloody stone', a very uncommon name for hematite.
Portuguese (Brazilian)Pedra de Sangue
RussianГелиотроп
Spanish (Spain)Heliotropo
Spanish (Latin America)Heliotropo