Burglar

Burglar

Effect

When Blind is selected, gain +3 Hands and lose all discards

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Effect

Activation

On Blind Select

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Burglar is an Uncommon Effect Joker that gives 3 extra hands in exchange for all of the player's discard(s), doubling up as money generation if the player defeats the blind in 3 hands or less.

• Unlike other jokers related to hands and discards (such as 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)), the effect of Burglar triggers when selecting the Blind. This mean that if Burglar gets disabled during a round (by Crimson Heart ( Showdown Crimson Heart.png)) or sold during a round, the hands and discards will not be changed. In other words, the player will still have 0 discards and get to keep the 3 extra hands for the rest of the round.
• Since Ceremonial Dagger (When [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected, destroy [[Jokers|Joker]] to the right and permanently add {{hl|orange|double}} its sell value to this {{hl|red|Mult}} <br> {{currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Ceremonial Dagger.png) destroys the Jokers on the right side, Burglar would be destroyed before taking effect. For Madness (When {{hl|orange|Small Blind}} or {{hl|orange|Big Blind}} is selected, gain {{xmult|0.5}} and {{hl|orange|destroy}} a random Joker <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Madness.png), the order of Burglar and Madness does not matter, as Burglar always activates before Madness.
• The Blast Off ( ) and Golden Needle ( ) Challenge Decks both ban Burglar.

• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png): The player starts with 1 extra hand, which when paired with Burglar, greatly increases the effectiveness of Jokers scaling from playing many hands.
• 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): As leftover hands and discards act as a pseudo-Interest, Burglar essentially trades $1 from each removed discard for $2 for each of the 3 extra hands.
• 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): Burglar mitigates the -1 Hand downside while also adding 2 extra hands, but removes all discards.

Burglar's extra hands make use of poker hands that can be played at a high frequency, such as High Card, Pair or Two Pair. On a deck that concentrates on one specific rank, this can also be Three of a Kind, Five of a Kind or Flush Five.

• Ride the Bus (This Joker gains {{Mult|+1}} per {{hl|orange|consecutive}} hand played without a scoring {{hl|orange|face}} card <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Ride the Bus.png), Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png), Square Joker (This Joker gains {{Chips|+4}} if played hand has exactly {{hl|orange|4}} cards <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|0}}}} Common Chips Mixed Square_Joker.png), Spare Trousers (This Joker gains {{Mult|+2}} if played hand contains a [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|Two Pair}}]] <br> {{currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Mixed Spare Trousers.png), or Supernova (Adds the number of times [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] has been played this run to Mult Common Additive Mult Independent Supernova.png) all scale from playing hands, which is made way easier thanks to Burglar.
• Burglar removing all discards allows Mystic Summit ({{Mult|+15}} when {{hl|orange|0}} discards remaining Common Additive Mult Independent Mystic Summit.png) to always trigger its +15 Mult effect.
• Burglar, unlike its discard counterpart 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), can be copied by Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png)/ Brainstorm (Copies the ability of leftmost [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Discard a {{ph|Royal Flush}}. Rare Effect Brainstorm.png) for an extra 3 hands each copy. This effect also poses no downside because of how the copying effects can be used on another Joker afterwards without any consequences.
  • Additionally, because of how Burglar triggers when blind is selected, the player can abuse this by setting the game speed down and swap Burglar with other Jokers that also triggers at the start of round, such as 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) or 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) for Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png)/ Brainstorm (Copies the ability of leftmost [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Discard a {{ph|Royal Flush}}. Rare Effect Brainstorm.png) to copy after Burglar has done its job. Note that while the game speed being slower makes this trick much easier, it still requires decent concentration and reflexes.
• Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png) can generate more Tarot cards if the added hands are used.
• Card Sharp ({{xmult|3}} if played {{hl|orange|poker hand}} has already been played this round Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Card_Sharp.png) can get more triggers thanks to the fact that there can be more hands played, therefore a greater chance of the poker hand being played twice or more.
• Loyalty Card ({{xmult|4}} every {{hl|orange|6}} hands played<br>{{hl|grey|5 remaining}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Loyalty Card.png) (almost) always guarantees a trigger every blind.
• Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png) and Ramen ({{xmult|2}}, loses {{xmult|0.01}} per {{hl|orange|card}} discarded Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Ramen.png) can no longer be reduced since there's no discards to be used, except during The Hook ( Boss The Hook.png)'s forced discard effect.

Burglar neutralizes the following Boss blinds remarkably well:

• The Needle ( Boss The Needle.png) (Play only 1 hand): Burglar only triggers after The Needle has taken effect, which lets the player gain 3 extra hands at the expense of all discards.
• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) (Start with 0 discards): The Water functionally does nothing as Burglar already covers its effect, making it a glorified Small Blind ( Standard Small Blind.png) with a higher score requirement.

• On Blue Stake and above, the -1 discard effect can safely be ignored when using Burglar.

• Grabber (Permanently gain {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Base Grabber.png) and Nacho Tong (Permanently gain an additional {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Play a total of 2,500 cards Upgraded Nacho Tong.png) vouchers are recommended.
• Burglar can mitigate Hieroglyph ({{hl|orange|-1}} Ante, <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand each round Base Hieroglyph.png)'s -1 hand penalty and Petroglyph ({{hl|orange|-1}} Ante, <br> {{hl|red|-1}} discard each round Reach Ante 12 Upgraded Petroglyph.png)'s -1 discard penalty can safely be ignored when using Burglar.

• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) and Five-Card Draw ( ): The extra discards provided by them are negated when a blind is selected.

• Any Joker that triggers off of discards like Banner ({{Chips|+30}} for each remaining {{hl|orange|discard}} Common Chips Independent Banner.png) and Delayed Gratification (Earn {{Money|2}} per {{hl|orange|discard}} if no discards are used by end of the round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Delayed_Gratification.png) will have no effect.
• Jokers that need cards to be discarded to scale like Yorick (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} every {{hl|orange|23}} {{hl|gray|[23]}} cards discarded<br>{{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Yorick.png) and 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) can no longer scale.
• Jokers which give extra discards like Drunkard ({{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Common Effect N/A (Passive) Drunkard.png) and 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) will have no effect.
  • The Merry Andy, in particular, with the Burglar, will only decrease hand size by 1.
• Jokers that activate on discard like Mail-In Rebate (Earn {{Money|5}} for each discarded [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|[rank]}}]], rank changes every round Common Economy On Discard Mail-In Rebate.png), 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) and Burnt Joker (Upgrade the level of the first {{hl|orange|discarded}} poker hand each round Sell 50 cards. Rare Effect On Discard Burnt Joker.png) can no longer function.
• Jokers that decrease in value when playing hands like Seltzer (Retrigger all cards played for the next {{hl|orange|10}} hands Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Seltzer.png) and Ice Cream ({{Chips|+100}}<br>{{Chips|-5}} for every hand played Common Chips Independent Ice Cream.png) will likely be used up faster.
• Jokers that activate on the final hand such as the Acrobat ({{xmult|3}} on {{hl|orange|final hand}} of round Play {{hl|orange|200}} hands Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Acrobat.png) and Dusk (Retrigger all played cards in {{hl|orange|final hand}} of the round Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Dusk.png). Given that Burglar provides more hands, it would delay the chances for these jokers to come into effect.

Some bosses affect the player in such ways that makes not having discards highly detrimental, crippling the run's potential by a wide margin:

• The Hook ( Boss The Hook.png)'s forced discard effect makes building specific poker hands significantly harder if the played hands are also throwaway hands.
  • Using a high amount of hands on this Boss blind, with or without a small deck can lead to an instant game over when the playing deck runs out of cards.
• The Mouth ( Boss The Mouth.png): The player is locked to only playing the poker hands that can be formed from the starting hand. If there are no ways of altering the playing cards first drawn, like 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) or Strength (Increases rank of up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards by {{hl|orange|1}} Available from start. Tarot Strength.png), this may be a dead-end on builds that only functions when playing a specific poker hand.
• The Fish ( Boss The Fish.png): After drawing the starting cards, all playing cards will be drawn face down, effectively making the player fight while blind.
• The Tooth ( Boss The Tooth.png): Since the player will often play throwaway hands as pseudo-discards, this Boss blind can potentially be a deficit of $3 - 15.

As mentioned earlier, the effect of Burglar on the current round cannot be relieved by selling it. Therefore, any method that can avoid specific Boss Blinds (e.g. Luchador (Sell this card to disable the current [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Luchador.png), 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), or Director's Cut (Reroll [[Blinds|Boss Blind]] {{hl|orange|1}} time per Ante, {{Money|10}} per roll Base Director's Cut.png)) should be considered. Otherwise, Burglar should be sold before choosing Boss Blind if it would be difficult to deal with.

• The +1 discard effect given by Wasteful (Permanently gain {{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Base Wasteful.png) and Recyclomancy (Permanently gain an additional {{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Discard a total of 2500 cards Upgraded Recyclomancy.png) is negated when a blind is selected.

• Burglar allows Jokers scaling off of played hands to scale much faster, such as Ride the Bus (This Joker gains {{Mult|+1}} per {{hl|orange|consecutive}} hand played without a scoring {{hl|orange|face}} card <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Ride the Bus.png), Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png), Square Joker (This Joker gains {{Chips|+4}} if played hand has exactly {{hl|orange|4}} cards <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|0}}}} Common Chips Mixed Square_Joker.png), Spare Trousers (This Joker gains {{Mult|+2}} if played hand contains a [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|Two Pair}}]] <br> {{currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Mixed Spare Trousers.png), or Supernova (Adds the number of times [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] has been played this run to Mult Common Additive Mult Independent Supernova.png).
• Burglar lets the player generate much more resources with Jokers that generate value off of played hands, such as Reserved Parking (Each {{hl|orange|face}} card held in hand has a {{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to give {{Money|1}} Common Economy On Held Reserved Parking.png), Space Joker ({{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to upgrade level of played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] Uncommon Effect On Played Space Joker.png) or Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png).
• A build capable of scoring the elusive Naneinf score typically consists of playing on the 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), while on the Boss blind The Serpent ( Boss The Serpent.png), after copying Burglar with Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png) and Brainstorm (Copies the ability of leftmost [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Discard a {{ph|Royal Flush}}. Rare Effect Brainstorm.png), and holding both Baron (Each {{hl|orange|King}} held in hand gives {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Held Baron.png) and Mime (Retrigger all card {{hl|orange|held in hand}} abilities Uncommon Retrigger On Held Mime.png).

• The Burglar wears the classic black-and-white stripes of an American prison uniform, first introduced in the New York prison system in the 1820s. This suggests the Burglar is also currently an inmate of a jail, or perhaps an escapee.