Cloud 9

Cloud 9

Effect

Earn $1 for each 9 in your full deck at end of round
(Currently $4)

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

7

Sell Price

3

Type

Economy

Activation

N/A (Passive)

Compatibility

Copyable

✗ No

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Cloud 9 is an Uncommon Economy Joker. It pays out an additional $1 at the end of every round for each 9 in the player's complete Deck - regardless of whether they were scored, drawn, or discarded that round.

Assuming no Deck modification, or skewing by an Erratic Deck ( All [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|Ranks}}]] and [[Suits|{{hl|orange|Suits}}]] in deck are randomized Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Orange}} difficulty or harder Erratic Deck.png) seed, it will generate $4 every round - which makes it just as effective as the Common Golden Joker (Earn {{Money|4}} at end of round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Golden_Joker.png), but slightly worse to start as it costs a dollar extra. However, with the right amount of Deck manipulation, this Joker can earn substantial amounts of money, especially when playing stronger hands like Four of a Kind and Five of a Kind to save on hands each round.

Any Deck can use Cloud 9 effectively, as it pays out whenever a round is completed as long as the player has at least one 9 in their full Deck.

• Erratic Deck ( All [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|Ranks}}]] and [[Suits|{{hl|orange|Suits}}]] in deck are randomized Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Orange}} difficulty or harder Erratic Deck.png): Since it can benefit greatly from Cloud 9 if the seed happens to include a higher number of 9s, this is the only Deck that inherently synergizes with it.
• 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) can benefit from Cloud 9 thanks to its +1 Joker Slot. Because of the -1 hand per blind penalty, Cloud 9 can help offset the lower income from early games.
• 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): This Deck likes to have extra income sources in the absence of interest, so something like Cloud 9 is a natural inclusion.
• Yellow Deck ( Start with extra {{Money|10}} Discover at least {{hl|orange|50}} items from your [[Collection|collection]] Yellow Deck.png): This Joker will help maintain the interest cap when acquired in the mid-game, further increasing the already-strong buying power it has.
• Ghost Deck ( [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] cards may appear in the shop, start with a {{spectral|Hex}} card Win a run with the {{D|Yellow}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Ghost Deck.png), 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), and 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): All these Decks have easier access to Deck fixing to include a higher amount of 9s in the Deck. Of these, Ghost Deck is probably the best to choose, as its starting Hex (Add [[Card Modifiers#Editions|{{hl|edition|Polychrome}}]] to a random [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]], destroy all other Jokers Available from start. Spectral Hex.png) Spectral Card makes it more practical to keep this Joker for the long run by allowing it to help with scoring.

Since players are encouraged to create lots of 9s to increase Cloud 9's benefit, hands which use many of the same rank are recommended.

• Three of a Kind
• Four of a Kind
• Five of a Kind
• Flush Five

• Tarot Card generation is extremely important if the maximization of Cloud 9's value is the goal. 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) is the most effective one, creating a Tarot Card whenever a Blind is selected (a Cloud 9 build would not want to skip in the first place in order to gain the most money from the end-of-round payouts). If it can be found, the Legendary Joker Perkeo (Creates a [[Negative|{{hl|edition|Negative}}]] copy of {{hl|orange|1}} random [[Consumables|{{hl|orange|consumable}}]] card in your possession at the end of the [[The Shop|{{hl|orange|shop}}]] Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Effect N/A (Passive) Perkeo.png) is a must-keep, allowing infinite duplication of key Deck-fixing consumables.
• 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): Providing a retroactively-scaling +1 Mult for every Tarot Card used in the current run, it can richly reward the player with strong scoring for building into this Joker's niche.
• Odd Todd (Played cards with [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|odd}}]] rank give {{Chips|+31}} when scored <br> {{hl|gray|(A, 9, 7, 5, 3)}} Common Chips On Scored Odd Todd.png): With its extra shot of Chips whenever an odd-ranked card is scored, it can dish out up to an extremely high +155 Chips boost when five 9s are scored in the same hand (and even more with retrigger effects).
• Bull ({{Chips|+2}} for each {{$|1}} you have <br> {{currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Bull.png) and Bootstraps ({{Mult|+2}} for every {{Money|5}} you have <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|2}} {{hl|edition|Polychrome}} Jokers at the same time. Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Bootstraps.png): Giving extra Chips and Additive Mult, respectively, as the player's held money grows, these are a good choice if high amounts of spending is not particularly valuable.
• 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): A potential consideration if making use of Standard Packs to buff the number of 9s, this gives a Multiplicative Mult boost that grows as more playing cards are added to the Deck.
• Baseball Card ([[Uncommon Jokers|{{hl|green|Uncommon}}]] Jokers each give {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Other Jokers Baseball Card.png): Giving an additional X1.5 Mult boost to all held Uncommon Jokers, it works particularly well with this Joker, especially when combined with the aforementioned ones (with most of them being Uncommons themselves).
• 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): The only direct synergy this Joker has with another. It can be used to duplicate tons of 9s to sharply increase the end-of-round payout. It also synergizes with the aforementioned 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).
• The Trio ({{xmult|3}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Three of a Kind}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Three of a Kind}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The Trio.png) and The Family ({{xmult|4}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Four of a Kind}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Four of a Kind}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The_Family.png): Cloud 9 already makes it more advisable to build into hands with repetitive ranks, which these cards reward richly with high Multiplicative Mult boosts.

• The 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) and Strength (Increases rank of up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards by {{hl|orange|1}} Available from start. Tarot Strength.png) Tarot Cards, and the Cryptid (Create {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in your hand Available from start. Spectral Cryptid.png) Spectral Card, can be used to quickly boost the number of 9s, thus increasing the value of Cloud 9.

• Tarot Merchant ({{Tarot|}} cards appear {{hl|orange|2X}} more frequently in the shop Base Tarot Merchant.png), its upgraded counterpart Tarot Tycoon ({{Tarot|}} cards appear {{hl|orange|4X}} more frequently in the shop Buy a total of 50 Tarot cards from the shop Upgraded Tarot Tycoon.png), and Omen Globe ({{Spectral|}} cards may appear in any of the [[Arcana Packs|{{hl|orange|Arcana Packs}}]] Use a total of 25 Tarot cards from booster packs Upgraded Omen Globe.png) all make it easier to find Deck manipulation consumables.
• Clearance Sale (All cards and packs in shop are {{hl|orange|25%}} off Base Clearance Sale.png) and its upgraded counterpart Liquidation (All cards and packs in shop are {{hl|orange|50%}} off Redeem at least 10 Voucher cards in one run Upgraded Liquidation.png) allow easier ballooning of Cloud 9's value by making Booster Packs cheaper.
• Magic Trick ({{hl|orange|Playing cards}} can be purchased from the [[The Shop|{{hl|orange|shop}}]] Base Magic Trick.png) can be considered, as it allows players to buy more 9s directly from The Shop.

• 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), Blast Off ( ) and Cruelty ( ): The reduced Joker slots makes it difficult to carry Cloud 9 since players may need more scoring Jokers to survive and beat Ante 8.
• Anaglyph Deck ( After defeating each [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]], gain a [[File:Double tag.png|24px]] [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Black}} difficulty or harder Anaglyph Deck.png): As the player ideally wants to avoid skipping to make use of Cloud 9's payout at the end of the round, this Deck has a slight anti-synergy with it.

• Showman ([[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]], [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]], [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]], and [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] cards may appear multiple times Reach Ante level {{hl|orange|4}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Showman.png): This Joker can make it harder to find good Deck-fixing cards in The Shop, as well as Arcana and Spectral Packs, by allowing duplicates to appear, meaning that holding onto less valuable consumables will not prevent them from reappearing.
• Throwback ({{xmult|0.25}} for each [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] skipped this run <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Continue a saved run from the main menu Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Throwback.png): Skipping Blinds is less than ideal for most Economy Jokers, to which Cloud 9 is no exception.

• This is the only Economy Joker in the game without a true cap on its money generation - most of the others have a fixed amount (like Golden Joker (Earn {{Money|4}} at end of round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Golden_Joker.png)), are limited by the number of hands/discards per round (like Faceless Joker (Earn {{Money|5}} if {{hl|orange|3}} or more {{hl|orange|face cards}} are discarded at the same time Common Economy On Discard Faceless_Joker.png) and To Do List (Earn {{Money|4}} if [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] is a [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|[Poker Hand]}}]], poker hand changes at end of round Common Economy On Played To_Do_List.png)), or have a hard cap by some other means (like Satellite (Earn {{Money|1}} at end of round per unique {{hl|cyan|Planet}} card used this run Have at least {{Money|400}}. Uncommon Economy N/A (Passive) Satellite.png) and To the Moon (Earn an extra {{Money|1}} of {{hl|orange|interest}} for every {{Money|5}} you have at end of round Uncommon Economy N/A (Passive) To the Moon.png)). As long as the player has a large number of 9s, Cloud 9 will continue to pay out $1 for each.
• There are exactly nine clouds on the card art for this Joker.
• The name of this Joker is possibly a reference to the phrase 'on cloud 9', referring to being in a state of euphoria.

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