Card Sharp

Card Sharp

Effect

X3 Mult if played poker hand has already been played this round

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Multiplicative Mult

Activation

Independent

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Card Sharp is an Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Joker that provides X3 Mult when a hand is played again during the same round.

• Card Sharp only applies to the scoring hand, not the hands that it contains. For example, playing a Straight Flush after a Flush or Straight does not give X3 Mult.
• The Five-Card Draw ( ) challenge starts the player with a copy of Card Sharp.

• 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): Start run with 26  Spades and 26  Hearts, making repeated flushes easier.
• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png): +1 hand per round, allowing more chances to play repeated hands.
• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png): +1 discard, allowing more chance to assemble desired hands.

Strong 5-card hands like Flush, Straight, Full House, etc... benefit the most from Card Sharp, provided they can be played at least twice per blind.

Players may opt to buff weaker hands like High Card, Pair, Two Pair, etc... with Planet Cards to make their base Mult stronger, allowing repeated play for each blind to score larger.

• 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): +3 hands, allowing more chances to play repeated hands.
• Juggler ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Common Effect N/A (Passive) Juggler.png): +1 hand size, allowing strong hands to be assembled more easily.
• Drunkard ({{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Common Effect N/A (Passive) Drunkard.png): +1 discard, allowing more chances to assemble desired hands.

• 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) both give additional hands, giving the player more chances to play the same hand.
• 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 give additional discards, allowing the player more opportunities to assemble the desired hand.

• 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): Having one less hand which means less chances to play the same hand.
• Blast Off ( ) does not work well with Card Sharp, as this deck only has 2 hands, which means Card Sharp can only be activated once per blind, making it a worse Acrobat ({{xmult|3}} on {{hl|orange|final hand}} of round Play {{hl|orange|200}} hands Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Acrobat.png).
• Golden Needle ( ) does not work with Card Sharp, as this deck only has 1 hand, which means Card Sharp will never activate under normal circumstances.

• 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) is not recommended as the -1 hand each round which means less chances to play the same hand.

• Hieroglyph ({{hl|orange|-1}} Ante, <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand each round Base Hieroglyph.png) is not recommended as the -1 hand each round which means less chances to play the same hand.

• The Needle ( Boss The Needle.png): This boss hard counters Card Sharp as it only allows 1 hand to be played. 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) is an effective safety against this, as discards are converted after the blind effect is applied.
• The Eye ( Boss The Eye.png): This boss also hard counters Card Sharp as it does not allow repeated hand types, making it impossible to play a second hand for the X3 Mult effect.

• Card sharps, sometimes known as card sharks, are people who use skill and/or deception to win poker games.
• The hoodie + sunglasses outfit derives from Phil Laak, a professional poker player nicknamed "the Unabomber" due to the outfit's resemblance to police sketches of Ted Kaczynski. Laak's use of this outfit popularized it among poker players in general; it is unclear whether LocalThunk was referencing Laak specifically or simply riffing on the outfit more broadly.