Consumable slot

Consumable slot is a gameplay mechanic in Balatro which, by default, can hold up to 2 consumables at once. Consumables that can be held include:

• Tarot Cards
• Planet Cards
• Spectral Cards

Consumable slots can be used for temporarily holding consumables, such as tarot cards that can modify ranks or suits of playing cards, and then have them used during a round, rather than instantly from Booster Packs.

Consumables can be included in the consumables slots mainly by buying them from the Shop, though they can also be generated from certain Jokers under certain conditions, such as Hallucination ({{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when any [[Booster Packs|{{hl|orange|Booster Pack}}]] is opened <br> {{room}} Common Effect N/A (Passive) Hallucination.png), Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png), Séance (If [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] is a {{ph|Straight Flush}}, create a random [[Spectral_Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] card <br> {{room}} Uncommon Effect Independent Séance.png), or Sixth Sense (If {{hl|orange|first hand}} of round is a single {{hl|orange|6}}, destroy it and create a [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] card <br> {{room}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Sixth_Sense.png). Some decks and challenges may include consumables in the consumables panel at the start, with some even having an altered maximum number of consumable slots.

If a Tarot Card, such as The Emperor (Creates up to {{hl|orange|2}} random {{hl|purple|Tarot}} cards<br>{{room}} Available from start. Tarot The Emperor.png) and The High Priestess (Creates up to {{hl|orange|2}} random [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]] cards<br>{{room}} Available from start. Tarot The High Priestess.png), both of which spawn 2 consumables each, has 1 other consumable present, they will generate only 1 consumable instead, particularly if the maximum number of consumable slots is 2.

• 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): creates a random Negative ({{hl|edition|+1}} Joker or Consumable slot Joker (Negative).png) copy of a random consumable held in the consumables panel.

• Crystal Ball ({{hl|orange|+1}} consumable slot Base Crystal Ball.png): creates an additional consumable slot, increasing the maximum number of consumable slots from 2 to 3.

• Negative ({{hl|edition|+1}} Joker or Consumable slot Joker (Negative).png): adds an extra slot in the consumables panel.
  • Negative consumables can only be introduced from Perkeo.

• Nebula Deck ( Start run with the {{V|Telescope|class=hl-cyan}} voucher <br> {{hl|red|-1}} consumable slot Win a run with the {{D|Blue}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Nebula Deck.png): -1 consumable slot, reducing the maximum number of consumable slots from 2 to 1.