Certificate

Certificate

Effect

When round begins, add a random playing card with a random seal to your hand

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Have a Gold playing card with a Gold Seal

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Effect

Activation

N/A (Passive)

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Certificate is an Uncommon Effect Joker that adds a playing card with a random rank, suit, and random Seal to the player's hand when a round begins. The card stays in the player's deck for future rounds.

Much of Certificate's power comes from it being able to generate a large amount of Seals, which are very difficult to get normally. Seals are incredibly powerful if built around, which makes an early Certificate incredibly valuable to shaping a run. The Seals are random, so it may be less valuable to buy Certificate in the hopes of generating only one out of the four Seals. All of the Seals can be useful, though, and even undesired Seals can be built around.

To unlock this Joker, the player must have a Gold Card () with a Gold seal.

• Magic Deck ( Start run with the {{V|Crystal Ball|class=hl-purple}} voucher and {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{tarot|The Fool}} Win a run with the {{D|Red}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Magic Deck.png) is incredibly powerful in combination with Certificate. Mainly, the extra consumable slot lets Purple and Blue Seals make another consumable, but the Fools you start with are also very strong. They can be used as 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) Cards to copy a powerful Seal, suit-changers to make the Seals playable in the desired hand, Strength (Increases rank of up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards by {{hl|orange|1}} Available from start. Tarot Strength.png) Cards to push the Sealed card to a more desirable rank, or enhancement-appliers to stack beneficial effects on a Sealed card.
• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) is able to make more use of Certificate's Purple Seals (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) due to having more discards.
• 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) loves using better cards or poker hands, since it has fewer Joker slots, and Certificate provides a bonus to both of those. Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) are easier to hold with Painted Deck's larger hand size, and it's easier to find Gold (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) and Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) to play. Best of all, Certificate can be sold in most circumstances, but the benefits it has provided remain.
• Zodiac Deck ( Start run with {{V|Tarot Merchant|class=hl-purple}}, {{V|Planet Merchant|class=hl-cyan}}, and {{V|Overstock|class=hl-orange}} Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Red}} difficulty or harder Zodiac Deck.png) can use its extra Tarot cards to more easily manipulate the Sealed cards from Certificate, and occasionally further scale planet levels with its extra planet cards.
• Abandoned Deck ( Start run with no {{F|}}[[Card Ranks#Face cards|{{hl|orange|Face Cards}}]] in your deck Win a run with the {{D|Green}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Abandoned Deck.png)'s reduced size and Mad World ( )'s reduced size make it easier to find the produced Seal cards after they've been added to the deck. It's also easier to flood Abandoned Deck and Mad World with high-quality cards, since there are fewer bad cards to potentially draw.

• No specific poker hand directly benefits from Certificate, but any of them can be leveled up with its generated Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png). Hands that benefit more from planet cards therefore indirectly benefit more.
• Since the cards generated by Certificate are high-value duplication targets, it can be easier to make powerful Five of a Kinds or Flush Fives.
• If Certificate is held for a long time or is Eternal (), then lower value poker hands like High Card and Pair that do not rely on finding specific cards can be easier to find with many extra random cards in the deck.

Any Joker that benefits from Seals can synergize with Certificate, theoretically. It can be frustrating sometimes if you take Certificate hoping for a specific Seal and continuously get others that are useless to you. It is more beneficial and reliable to build around the Seals that Certificate gives than to try and force it to conform to an existing build. For example, having it for 3-5 rounds, letting it generate random Seals, then selling it, allows you to craft your build to use the Seals you've been given. This is especially true for Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png).

• Certificate synergizes extremely well with Hologram (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} every time a {{hl|orange|playing card}} is added to your deck <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Hologram.gif), as the added cards add to Hologram's scaling.
• Jokers that add effects to cards, like Fibonacci (Each played {{hl|orange|Ace}}, {{hl|orange|2}}, {{hl|orange|3}}, {{hl|orange|5}}, or {{hl|orange|8}} gives {{Mult|+8}} when scored Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Fibonacci.png), Arrowhead (Played cards with {{suit|Spade}} suit give {{Chips|+50}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Spade}} suit in your deck Uncommon Chips On Scored Arrowhead.png), and Photograph (First played {{hl|orange|face}} card gives {{xmult|2}} when scored Common Multiplicative Mult On Scored Photograph.png), or that scale off card triggers, like Lucky Cat (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} every time a [[Lucky Cards|{{hl|orange|Lucky}}]] card {{hl|green|successfully}} triggers <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Lucky Cat.png) and Wee Joker (This Joker gains {{Chips|+8}} when each played {{hl|orange|2}} is scored <br> {{Currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Win a run in {{hl|orange|18}} or fewer rounds Rare Chips Mixed Wee Joker.png), greatly appreciate the Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) Certificate makes. This is another example of how it's best to build around what Certificate provides; a Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) on a 3 is useless to Wee and Photograph, but very good for Fibonacci. Tarots can be used to manipulate these Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) cards to work with these kinds of Jokers, so Tarot-generators can be helpful, though Certificate may make Purple Seals (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) to fill that role.
• Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) work well with other held-in-hand effects, so Jokers like Mime (Retrigger all card {{hl|orange|held in hand}} abilities Uncommon Retrigger On Held Mime.png) and Raised Fist (Adds {{hl|orange|double}} the rank of {{hl|orange|lowest}} ranked card held in hand to Mult Common Additive Mult On Held Raised Fist.png) can help bolster those effects, and help the High Card that held-in-hand builds rely on so much to get some planet scaling. Shoot the Moon (Each {{hl|orange|Queen}} held in hand gives {{mult|+13}} Play every Heart card in your deck in one round. Common Additive Mult On Held Shoot the Moon.png) and Baron (Each {{hl|orange|King}} held in hand gives {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Held Baron.png) are less immediately useful, though, since their rank is only a 1/13 chance to be selected for the Sealed card. These effects also all appreciate the retriggers of Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png).
• Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) are also very strong with planet-focused builds, since they can scale your desired poker hand by upwards of three levels per round. Other sources of poker hand levels, like 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) and 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) (though less for Space, you're likely to win in one hand early with a high-leveled hand), can help to increase that scaling further, and Constellation (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.1}} every time a [[Planet_Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]] card is used <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Constellation.png) will gain more scaling. Since these builds often get all their chips from their poker hand, it also allows for more Economy, + Mult, and XMult Jokers.
• Gold Seals (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) are less useful for direct Joker synergies, but they can contribute greatly to your economy, making them synergize well with economy-based scalers like Flash Card (This Joker gains {{Mult|+2}} per {{hl|orange|reroll}} in [[The Shop|the shop]] <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Flash Card.png) and Bull ({{Chips|+2}} for each {{$|1}} you have <br> {{currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Bull.png), and is extremely strong with Retrigger Jokers such as Hanging Chad (Retrigger {{hl|orange|first}} played card used in scoring {{hl|orange|2}} additional times Beat a Boss Blind with a {{ph|High Card}} Common Retrigger On Scored Hanging Chad.png).
• Purple Seals (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) can produce a ton of Tarot cards in large enough quantities, providing a source of manipulating the Sealed cards generated and a strong economy boost from certain Tarots. At worst, the Tarots generated can be sold for $1, making them budget Gold Seals (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png). Ways of scaling off Tarot cards, like Fortune Teller ({{mult|+1}} per [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card used this run <br> {{currently|{{hl|red|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Independent Fortune Teller.png) and Vampire (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.1}} per scoring {{hl|orange|Enhanced card}} played, removes card {{hl|orange|Enhancement}} <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Vampire.png), appreciate the Tarots Purple Seals (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) generate, and suit/rank based Jokers like Onyx Agate (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{mult|+7}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Club}} suit in your deck Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Onyx Agate.png) and Scholar (Played {{hl|orange|Aces}} give {{chips|+20}} and {{mult|+4}} when scored Common Chips and Additive Mult On Scored Scholar.png) enjoy the additional copies of their suit/rank that Tarots can create. Hit the Road (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.5}} for every {{hl|orange|Jack}} discarded this round<br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Discard {{hl|orange|5 Jacks}} at the same time. Rare Multiplicative Mult Mixed Hit_the_Road.png) can work well if a Purple Seal (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) is generated on a Jack, since the Tarot created may help in making even more Purple Seal (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) Jacks to scale Hit The Road.
• Because Certificate's effect triggers on blind selection, 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) can copy it, then moved to copy another Joker for the actual hands.
• DNA (If {{hl|orange|first hand}} of round has only {{hl|orange|1}} card, add a permanent copy to deck and draw it to {{hl|orange|hand}} Rare Effect On Played DNA.png) loves copying a high-value Seal created by Certificate.
• Because Certificate creates so much value in the playing cards themselves, Joker Stencil ({{xmult|1}} for each empty [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] slot <br> <small>Joker Stencil included</small> <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1|}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Joker Stencil.png) is easier to use since fewer Jokers are required for scoring or other effects.
• The Hanging Chad (Retrigger {{hl|orange|first}} played card used in scoring {{hl|orange|2}} additional times Beat a Boss Blind with a {{ph|High Card}} Common Retrigger On Scored Hanging Chad.png) and Photograph (First played {{hl|orange|face}} card gives {{xmult|2}} when scored Common Multiplicative Mult On Scored Photograph.png) combo gets great use out of Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png), Blue Seal (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) and Gold Seals (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png).

• 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 discard, which allows the player to find more useful Sealed cards, especially Purple Seals (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png).
• Paint Brush ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Base Paint Brush.png) and Palette ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Reduce your hand size down to five cards. Upgraded Palette.png) both increase hand size, which makes it easier to hold Blue Seals (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) and also find Gold (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) and Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) to play.
• Crystal Ball ({{hl|orange|+1}} consumable slot Base Crystal Ball.png) gives +1 consumable slot, allowing the Purple Seal (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) and Blue Seal (Creates the {{Planet|}} card for final played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] of round if {{hl|orange|held}} in hand<br>{{room}} Blue Seal.png) to make another Tarot and Planet card.

• If Certificate is held for a long time or is Eternal (), then higher value poker hands like Straight and Four of a Kind that rely on finding specific cards can be much harder to find with many extra random cards in the deck.

• Erosion ({{Mult|+4}} for each card below {{hl|orange|[the deck's starting size]}} in your full deck <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Erosion.png) relies on a small deck size, which is more difficult to get when 1 card is added per round from Certificate.

• The Fragile ( ) challenge bans Certificate.
• When Certificate adds a sealed card at the beginning of the round, it is put directly into your hand, bypassing the normal hand size temporarily.
• Certificate does not prevent the player from dying when they have a hand size of zero or below, since the game checks the hand size before Certificate can activate.

• Unlike other Jokers that activated "When a blind is selected", Certificate activates "when a round begins", which is when the initial hand is drawn. This means Blueprint / Brainstorm can be used to copy for example Cartomancer (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected <br> {{room}} Discover every Tarot Card. Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Cartomancer.png) / 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), then immediately moved over to copy Certificate after clicking Select Blind (Best done at speed 0.5x / 1x).
• In early demos, the effect of Certificate was X2 mult for each Gold Seal (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) card when played and scored. This is reflected by that its unlock condition is related to Gold Seal (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png).
• The Joker art is a typical style of real-life certificates, with a seal and signature (J. Joker).
• According to LocalThunk, the art of Certificate used to include a seal (the marine mammal), which is an obvious pun.^[1]