Burnt Joker

Burnt Joker

Effect

Upgrade the level of the first discarded poker hand each round

Rarity

Rare

Unlock Requirement

Sell 50 cards.

Stats

Buy Price

8

Sell Price

4

Type

Effect

Activation

On Discard

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Burnt Joker is a Rare Effect Joker that upgrades the level of the first discarded Poker Hand each round.

• The Hook ( Boss The Hook.png)'s forced discards will not activate Burnt Joker.

• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) - The +1 discard makes the Burnt Joker have less of a downside.
• 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) - Only having two suits makes it significantly more likely to have a Flush in hand at all times.

Simple hands such as Pairs or High Cards are more likely to naturally occur, thus making them easier to discard and level up.

• Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png) or Brainstorm (Copies the ability of leftmost [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Discard a {{ph|Royal Flush}}. Rare Effect Brainstorm.png) - Synergizes incredibly well, as after the desired hand is discarded it can be moved to copy a different Joker before a hand is played.
• 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) increase the number of Discards, making the first Discard for Burnt Joker inconsequential.
• Jokers that make a particular hand easier to produce, such as Four Fingers (All {{ph|Flushes}} and {{ph|Straights}} can be made with 4 cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Four Fingers.png), Shortcut (Allows {{ph|Straights}} to be made with gaps of {{hl|orange|1 rank}} <br> {{hl|gray|(ex: {{hl|orange|10 8 6 5 3}})}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Shortcut.png), and 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), can make it easier to discard their related hands, especially if you then want to be able to play the same hand immediately afterwards; Four Fingers and Shortcut also allow you to hit the relevant hand when discarding fewer cards, for situations when there are cards in your hand you want to keep.

• 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) both increase discards, making the first discards for Burnt Joker inconsequential.

• 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): The -1 Joker Slot makes it harder to carry Burnt Joker alongside other scoring Jokers.
• Similarly, Cruelty ( ) is even more difficult to carry Burnt Joker alongside other scoring Jokers due to the -2 Joker Slots.
• Blast Off ( ) starts with 2 discards, making Burnt Joker more committal to utilize.

Five-card hands that are hard to draw naturally like Straight, Full House, Straight Flush can make it hard to benefit from Burnt Joker.

• Jokers that discourage Discarding such as Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png), 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) or Ramen ({{xmult|2}}, loses {{xmult|0.01}} per {{hl|orange|card}} discarded Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Ramen.png) can make it harder to benefit from Burnt Joker.
• Burglar (When [[Blind|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected, gain {{hl|blue|+3}} Hands and {{hl|orange|lose all discards}} Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Burglar.png) removes all Discards, nullifying Burnt Joker.
• May or may not have anti-synergy with 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) since this Joker requires discarding a single card to benefit and thus can only level-up High Card.

• Blue Stake and above removes a discard, making Burnt Joker more committal to utilize.

• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) will always set your discards to 0.

• This Joker might be a reference to a burn card, a playing card dealt from the top of a deck and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players, which is performed in card games (for example, Texas hold 'em) to prevent cheating.
• In early demo versions, the effect of Burnt Joker was "gains +1 hand size hand size per 4 tarot/planet cards sold". This is still reflected by the unlock requirement being related to selling cards, and in the 1.0.1o version of the game, Burnt Joker still gives +0 hand size internally.^[1]
• 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) is similar, but it may provide an upgrade for playing hands instead of discarding them.

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