Blueprint

Blueprint

Effect
Copies ability of Joker to the right
Rarity
Rare
Unlock Requirement
Win a run
Stats
Buy Price
10
Sell Price
5
Type
Effect
Compatibility
Copyable
Yes
Perishable
Yes
Eternal
Yes

Blueprint is a Rare Effect Joker that copies the effect of the Joker to its immediate right. Not all Jokers are compatible with Blueprint, as Blueprint cannot copy any "passive modifier" effects, but Blueprint itself is compatible. Blueprint's compatibility with other Jokers can be seen under its effect. This Joker is unlocked once the player wins their first run.

In general, Blueprint will not copy the following effects:

  • Anything that triggers at the end of a round (ex. Golden Joker)
  • Debuffed Jokers
  • Card Edition effects
  • Sticker effects
  • Card destruction (ex. Trading Card)
  • Joker scaling (only the final result is copied)
  • Changes to hands, discards, hand size or hand typing (except for Burglar, which triggers after the blind starts)
  • Passive effects (like Chicot or Pareidolia)

See Incompatible Jokers for a full list.

Synergies

By its nature, any deck can make effective use of Blueprint. Its effect is highly flexible and can benefit nearly any archetype of deck, aside from Madness without Eternal Stickers.

Any hand can benefit from Blueprint in the usual ways. The only hand-specific Jokers that are incompatible with Blueprint are independent effects such as Shortcut.

Blueprint is an essential Joker and combines well with virtually any other Joker to double its effect.

  • When stacked with Brainstorm or another Blueprint, each will add one more copy of the copied effect.
    • When combining Blueprint with Brainstorm, Blueprint can be placed to the left of Brainstorm or to the left of the leftmost Joker (to be copied), depending on the desired order of Joker activation.
  • As a rule of thumb, copying a Joker with X Mult or retrigger is usually better than copying +Chips or +Mult. The optimal placement for maximum score can be difficult to determine, so consider all possible options.
  • When multiple copies are combined with Baron and Mime, while using Plasma Deck, players can achieve the elusive Naneinf score.
  • Copying a Joker that earns $money or creates cards (especially Tarot) is a great option when boosting score is not necessary.
  • When copying chance-based Jokers like Space Joker, the chance is rolled independently for each copy of that Joker. This means if one Joker triggers, the copies are not guaranteed to trigger at the same time.
  • A few Jokers have both "trigger" effects that Blueprint can copy and "passive" ones that it cannot. Stuntman, for example, gives +250 Chips, a "trigger" effect, and -2 Hand Size, a "passive" effect. Therefore, Blueprint copies the +250 Chips, but not the -2 Hand Size.
  • If jokers that take effect upon selling them ( Luchador and Diet Cola, not including Invisible Joker) get copied, Blueprint can be sold to trigger the effect.
    • However, on mobile devices, dragging Blueprint to sell it could change the order of Jokers, changing its effect.
  • Moving Blueprint can often maximize its potential by always copying the most important Joker for the next action taken. Once a Poker hand is played, Blueprint will continue copying the last Joker to its right, even if it is moved around afterward. For example, one round could involve copying:
    • Perkeo when exiting the shop
    • Cartomancer when starting the Blind
    • Burnt Joker during the first discard
    • DNA during the first hand
    • Business Card during the following hands while playing face cards
    • Mail-In Rebate during the following discards
    • Acrobat during the final hand
    • Mime during the calculation of the winning hand, doubling the bonus from Blue Seals and Gold Cards at the end of the round

Anti-Synergies

Decks

  • On a Knife's Edge starts with a copy of Ceremonial Dagger pinned in the leftmost position, which means it can't be copied by Blueprint (unless it's copying Brainstorm), limiting it's usage.

Incompatible Jokers

There are 29 Jokers that are entirely incompatible with Blueprint:

NameRarityEffect
Four FingersUncommonAll Flushes and Straights can be made with 4 cards
Credit CardCommonGo up to -$20 in debt
Chaos the ClownCommon1 free Reroll per shop
Delayed GratificationCommonEarn $2 per discard if no discards are used by end of the round
PareidoliaUncommonAll cards are considered face cards
EggCommonGains $3 of sell value at end of round
SplashCommonEvery played card counts in scoring
Sixth SenseUncommonIf first hand of round is a single 6, destroy it and create a Spectral card
(Must have room)
ShortcutUncommonAllows Straights to be made with gaps of 1 rank
(ex: 10 8 6 5 3)
Cloud 9UncommonEarn $1 for each 9 in your full deck at end of round
(Currently $4)
RocketUncommonEarn $1 at end of round. Payout increases by $2 when Boss Blind is defeated
Midas MaskUncommonAll played face cards become Gold cards when scored
Gift CardUncommonAdd $1 of sell value to every Joker and Consumable card at end of round
Turtle BeanUncommon+5 hand size, reduces by 1 each round
To the MoonUncommonEarn an extra $1 of interest for every $5 you have at end of round
JugglerCommon+1 hand size
DrunkardCommon+1 discard each round
Golden JokerCommonEarn $4 at end of round
Trading CardUncommonIf first discard of round has only 1 card, destroy it and earn $3
Mr. BonesUncommonPrevents Death if chips scored are at least 25% of required chips
self destructs
TroubadourUncommon+2 hand size,
-1 hand each round
Smeared JokerUncommon Hearts and  Diamonds count as the same suit,  Spades and  Clubs count as the same suit
ShowmanUncommonJoker, Tarot, Planet, and Spectral cards may appear multiple times
Merry AndyUncommon+3 discards each round,
-1 hand size
Oops! All 6sUncommonDoubles all listed probabilities
(ex: 1 in 3 -> 2 in 3)
Invisible JokerRareAfter 2 rounds, sell this card to Duplicate a random Joker
(Currently 0/2)
(Removes Negative from copy)
SatelliteUncommonEarn $1 at end of round per unique Planet card used this run
AstronomerUncommonAll Planet cards and Celestial Packs in the shop are free
ChicotLegendaryDisables effect of every Boss Blind
  • Amber Acorn: This boss blind flips and shuffles Jokers around, which can make Blueprint copy the incorrect Joker, or copy nothing at all if it happens to be moved to the rightmost position or to the left of an incompatible Joker, for at least one hand.

Notes

It should be noted that if the player presses "Play Hand", then quickly attempts to move Blueprint to a different position in the joker panel while the hand is scoring, the Blueprint will copy the effect of the joker that it was to the left of before the hand is played. For example, if a player has three jokers, positioned in this way before playing this hand: Blueprint, Greedy Joker, and Fibonacci, then attempted to move the Blueprint to the right of Greedy Joker and to the left of Fibonacci immediately after the "Play Hand" button is triggered, the Blueprint will trigger the effect of Greedy Joker instead of Fibonacci.

However, it is also worth noting that the copy order reapplies once you beat the round. For example, if you move your Blueprint to copy Mime while your winning hand is scoring, then you will receive the benefits of multiple copies of Mime during the end-of-round effects (such as Gold Cards or Blue Seal). Players should move all of their copies of Blueprint and Brainstorm onto Mime while their final hand is scoring for maximum Gold Card and Blue Seal value.

Trivia

  • Certain visuals upon triggering a Joker effect, like the "Level Up!" from a copied Space Joker, have a blue background instead of the standard orange one.
  • At $10 each, Blueprint and its sibling Brainstorm are the most expensive Jokers able to be purchased. (Legendary Jokers would cost $20 if they were ever purchasable.)
  • The card art depicts a deliberate, professionally-produced blueprint. This is in contrast with the rough 'back of the napkin' sketching of Brainstorm.
  • The background art used to span the whole card pre-release.
  • The Joker in the art is looking to its left (the right of the card), at the Joker it is copying.
  • Blueprint is one of the four jokers that is featured in the official physical playing card deck. The 3 others are Joker, Juggler, and Gros Michel.

In other languages

LanguageNameNotes
Internalj_blueprint
Chinese (Simplified)蓝图
Chinese (Traditional)藍圖小丑
DutchBouwtekeningWhile not interchangeable with the more direct option, 'Blauwdruk', they are often used for similar purposes - though a blauwdruk must always be blue.
FrenchModèle
GermanBauplan
IndonesianBlueprint
ItalianCianografia
Japaneseブループリント
Korean청사진
PolishŚwiatłokopiaMeans literally the graphical technique of blueprint, as opposed to the metaphorical meaning of "plan".
Portuguese (Brazilian)Projeto
RussianЧертеж
Spanish (Spain)Plano
Spanish (Latin America)Plano