Blue Joker

Blue Joker

Effect

+2 Chips for each remaining card in deck
(Currently +104 Chips)

Rarity

Common

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

5

Sell Price

2

Type

Chips

Activation

Independent

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Blue Joker is a Common Chips Joker that adds 2 Chips for every card still in the deck — cards that have not been played/discarded nor are currently held in hand. Its value starts high and decreases as the round continues and cards are drawn.

• 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) benefits the most from the large amount of chips Blue Joker provides, which, when balanced, greatly boost the score for the played hand.
• Green Deck ( At end of each Round: <br> {{Money|2}} per remaining {{hl|blue|Hand}} <br> {{Money|1}} per remaining {{hl|red|Discard}} <br> Earn no {{hl|orange|Interest}} Discover at least {{hl|orange|75}} items from your [[collection]] Green Deck.png) encourages not using Hands/Discards, which keeps the Chips from Blue Joker high during the round.
• Medusa ( ) and Monolith ( ) both work well with Blue Joker, as these decks both start with a Marble Joker (Adds one [[Stone Cards|{{hl|orange|Stone}}]] card to the deck when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Marble Joker.png), which means Blue Joker gains +2 Chips for free each blind.
• Five-Card Draw ( )'s reduced hand size has slight synergy with Blue Joker since fewer cards are drawn to hand, meaning more cards remain in the deck, allowing Blue Joker to stay a bit stronger.

Hands that use fewer cards, require less discarding, and have fewer base chips benefit more from Blue Joker:

• High Card
• Pair

• Blue Joker naturally becomes more powerful as more cards are added to the deck and thus synergizes with Jokers such as:
  • DNA (If {{hl|orange|first hand}} of round has only {{hl|orange|1}} card, add a permanent copy to deck and draw it to {{hl|orange|hand}} Rare Effect On Played DNA.png)
  • Certificate (When round begins, add a random {{hl|orange|playing card}} with a random [[Seal|{{hl|orange|seal}}]] to your hand Have a [[Gold_Cards|Gold playing card]] with a [[Gold_Seal|{{hl|orange|Gold Seal}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Certificate.png)
  • Marble Joker (Adds one [[Stone Cards|{{hl|orange|Stone}}]] card to the deck when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Marble Joker.png)
  • Hologram (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} every time a {{hl|orange|playing card}} is added to your deck <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Hologram.gif)
• Jokers that reduce hand size, like Merry Andy ({{hl|red|+3}} discards each round, <br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Win a run in {{hl|orange|12}} or fewer rounds Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Merry_Andy.png) and Stuntman ({{Chips|+250}},<br>{{hl|orange|-2}} hand size Earn at least 100 million (100,000,000) Chips in a single hand. Rare Chips Independent Stuntman.png), have slight synergy with Blue Joker since fewer cards are drawn to hand, meaning more cards remain in the deck, allowing Blue Joker to stay a bit stronger.

• The Manacle ( Boss The Manacle.png): The -1 hand size penalty from this Boss Blind actually synergizes with Blue Joker, as fewer cards are drawn each hand, allowing Blue Joker to stay a bit stronger.

• Familiar (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|3}} random [[Card Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Face cards|{{hl|orange|face cards}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Familiar.png), Grim (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|2}} random [[Card Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Aces|{{hl|orange|Aces}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Grim.png), and Incantation (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|4}} random [[Card_Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Number cards|{{hl|orange|numbered cards}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Incantation.png) add cards to the deck and thus increase the value from Blue Joker.
• Ouija (Converts all cards in hand to a single random [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|rank}}]]<br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ouija.png) and Ectoplasm (Add [[Card Modifiers#Editions|{{hl|edition|Negative}}]] to a random {{hl|orange|Joker,}} {{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ectoplasm.png) have slight synergy with Blue Joker since fewer cards are drawn to hand, meaning more cards remain in the deck, allowing Blue Joker to stay a bit stronger.

• Abandoned Deck ( Start run with no {{F|}}[[Card Ranks#Face cards|{{hl|orange|Face Cards}}]] in your deck Win a run with the {{D|Green}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Abandoned Deck.png) and Mad World ( ) don't work well with Blue Joker due to their lower total card count.
• Painted Deck ( {{hl|orange|+2}} hand size, <br> {{hl|red|-1}} Joker slot Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Green}} difficulty or harder Painted Deck.png) will also marginally hurt Blue Joker due to its larger hand size.
• Fragile ( ) doesn't work well with Blue Joker, as the player starts with a 52 card deck full of Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png) that are guaranteed to break by virtue of having 2 Oops! All 6s (Doubles all [[listed probabilities|{{hl|orange|listed}} {{hl|green|probabilities}}]] <br> {{hl|grey|(ex: {{hl|green|1 in 3}} -> {{hl|green|2 in 3}})}} In one hand, earn at least {{hl|orange|10,000}} chips Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Oops!_All_6s.png) upon starting the challenge, which makes Blue Joker quickly fall off in value on this deck.

• Erosion ({{Mult|+4}} for each card below {{hl|orange|[the deck's starting size]}} in your full deck <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Erosion.png) gains Mult for having fewer cards in the deck.
• Glass Joker (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.75}} for every [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Card}}]] that is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|5}} [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Cards}}]] in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Glass Joker.png) requires destroying Glass Cards, which is not good for Blue Joker.
  • Similarly, Canio (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} when a {{hl|orange|face}} card is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Canio.png) requires destroying Face Cards, which is also not good for Blue Joker.
• Hand Size increasing Jokers like Juggler ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Common Effect N/A (Passive) Juggler.png), Troubadour ({{hl|orange|+2}} hand size, <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand each round Win {{hl|orange|5}} consecutive rounds by <abbr title="Discards are OK to use.">playing only 1 hand</abbr> Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Troubadour.png), and Turtle Bean ({{hl|orange|+5}} hand size, reduces by {{hl|red|1}} each round Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Turtle Bean.png) mean that more cards will be drawn to hand, meaning that Blue Joker will give fewer Chips.
• Jokers that destroy cards, such as Sixth Sense (If {{hl|orange|first hand}} of round is a single {{hl|orange|6}}, destroy it and create a [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] card <br> {{room}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Sixth_Sense.png) or Trading Card (If {{hl|orange|first discard}} of round has only {{hl|orange|1}} card, destroy it and earn {{Money|3}} Uncommon Economy On Discard Trading Card.png), will make Blue Joker lose value

• The Hook ( Boss The Hook.png) discards two random cards every hand played, potentially weakening Blue Joker in the process if more hands must be used to reach the required score.

• The Hanged Man (Destroys up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards Available from start. Tarot The Hanged Man.png) and Immolate (Destroys {{hl|orange|5}} random cards in hand, gain {{Money|20}} Available from start. Spectral Immolate.png) destroy cards, which reduces the Chips given by Blue Joker.

• Paint Brush ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Base Paint Brush.png) and Palette ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Reduce your hand size down to five cards. Upgraded Palette.png) increase hand size, which reduces the amount of Chips given by Blue Joker.

While Blue Joker does get stronger the more cards are in the deck and weaker the fewer cards are in the deck, this might not be the best way to think about Blue Joker. Instead, it is best to think about Blue Joker as if it gave +70 Chips on average, as it often gives this amount of chips within a normal deck. From that perspective, Blue Joker is one of the strongest and most reliable chip jokers at common, especially in the early game.

• Despite being similarly named to the Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png), the art for the Blue Joker is completely original rather than being a recolor of the original Joker ({{Mult|+4}} Common Additive Mult Independent Joker.png).
• The name and colour for Blue Joker may be because Chips are blue.