Castle

Castle

Effect

This Joker gains +3 Chips per discarded [suit] card, suit changes every round
(Currently +0 Chips)

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Chips

Activation

Mixed

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✗ No

Eternal

✓ Yes

Castle is an Uncommon scaling Chips Joker that adds Chips to played hands. The amount of Chips added begins at +0 and is permanently increased by +3 for each time a card of the specified suit is discarded.

The suit is chosen proportionally to the suit composition of the current deck and changes each round. For example, in a deck of 20  Clubs and 10  Spades, Castle would select  Clubs two-thirds of the time, and  Spades for the remaining third. If the deck has no card with any suit (i.e., full of Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png)) Castle will default to +3 Chips per discarded  Spade.

• The 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) works well with Castle due to the lower suit diversity.
• The Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) can use its +1 discard for more scaling.
• 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) gets more value from the chips than any other deck.

• Because Castle scales based on discarding cards, it means that weaker, easier hands like High Card and Pair allow for the effect to be used more consistently.
• Alternately, when players manage to shape their deck down to a single suit, Flush-based hands like Flush, Straight Flush, Flush House, and Flush Five become much more viable.

• 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) both provide additional discards, allowing Castle to scale more per round.
• 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) will also scale alongside Castle.
• 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) makes Castle twice as easy to scale.

• 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 1 extra discard, allowing Castle to scale faster.

• The Hook ( Boss The Hook.png) automatically discards 2 cards held in hand, which can trigger Castle's scaling if one or both cards are of the chosen suit.

• Wild Cards (Can be used as any suit Wild Card.png) count towards any suit as the bonus, so The Lovers (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Lovers.png) can be helpful.
• Removing all cards of a certain suit using tarot cards gives Castle more chance to trigger (like 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)).

• 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) incentivizes not discarding, as it basically means throwing money away, which can make Castle difficult to use.
• Blast Off ( ) doesn't work well with Castle, as this deck only starts with 2 discards.

• 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) prevents this Joker entirely from scaling.
• Banner ({{Chips|+30}} for each remaining {{hl|orange|discard}} Common Chips Independent Banner.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), 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) conflict with this Joker, as their effects rely on not using discards.
• Similarly, 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) place restrictions on discards, which interferes with triggering Castle's effect optimally.

• The Goad ( Boss The Goad.png), The Head ( Boss The Head.png), The Club ( Boss The Club.png), and The Window ( Boss The Window.png) all debuff a specific suit, preventing Castle from scaling if it happens to pick the to-be-debuffed suit upon entering the Boss Blind. One trick to avoid this is to check Castle's chosen suit before entering Big Blind: if it's not the to-be-debuffed suit, skip the Blind to ensure it can scale normally during the boss blind.
• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) will always set your discards to 0, meaning Castle Joker does not scale.

• Blue Stake and above hinder Castle's potential because they have 1 less discard by default.