Cruelty

Cruelty
Rules & Modifiers
Small Blinds give no reward money
Big Blinds give no reward money

3 Joker Slots
Initial Jokers & Consumables
None
Deck
Standard 52 card deck
Restrictions
None

Cruelty is a Challenge Deck. It gives the player only 3 Joker Slots, and the Small Blind/ Big Blind no longer give any reward money.

Starting Contents

The starting deck contains the standard 52 cards.

Synergies

Due to the -2 Joker slots penalty and very low econ, only several specific builds can clear this challenge.

  • Econ Jokers like Golden Joker, Cloud 9, or Rocket are a good pickup early on to quickly build up to the max interest threshold.
  • Scaling Jokers like Square Joker, Supernova, or Constellation can provide increasing sources of Chips, Mult, and XMult, and make the best use of the limited Joker slots.
  • With limited Joker slots, being able to scale, generate value, and score without Jokers is more important:
    • Blue Seals provide the most consistent source of scaling without Jokers.
    • Purple Seals provide a source of Tarot Cards without Jokers.
    • Gold Cards and Gold Seals provide one of the only ways to gain more money without economy Jokers.
    • Steel Cards provide a consistent way to score more without Jokers.
    • Glass Cards provides both a way to deck fix by breaking cards early, a quick way to score more in tough Boss Blinds or when Antes scale too quickly, and an incredibly powerful source of XMult late game.
    • Red Seals synergize with both Gold Cards, Steel Cards, and Glass Cards.
    • Telescope and Observatory provide consistent scaling, and X1.5 Mult per planet card held in the consumable area respectively.
  • The Negative Tag can provide extra Jokers.
  • Antimatter can provide an extra Joker slot without the need of any Negative Jokers.

Anti-Synergies

Jokers

  • As there are only 3 Joker slots, Joker Stencil can only provide a maximum of X3 Mult.
  • Similarly, Abstract Joker and Swashbuckler will be weaker as fewer Jokers can be acquired.
  • As econ is lower during earlier antes, Bull and Bootstraps will be harder to scale without other income sources.
    • Other Jokers that rely on money to scale, like Flash Card and Ceremonial Dagger, are also more difficult to scale early game.
  • Riff-Raff is more difficult to use with fewer slots free for new Jokers.
  • Gift Card is less powerful with 2 fewer Jokers for it to increase the sell value of.
  • Baseball Card is less powerful with 2 fewer possible Uncommon Jokers to gain X1.5 Mult.
  • Effect Jokers that provide no direct scoring, such as Splash, Shortcut or Luchador, become much harder to keep due to 2 missing Joker Slots.

Consumables

  • Temperance will give less money due to the player only having 3 Jokers slots.

Trivia

  • In law terms, cruelty is behaviour which causes physical or mental harm to another, especially a spouse, whether intentionally or not. Having low econ on the beggining and being limited to 3 Joker Slots can be "cruelty" against the player.

In other languages

LanguageName
Chinese (Simplified)残酷
Chinese (Traditional)殘忍無情
DutchWreedheid
FrenchCruauté
GermanGrausamkeit
IndonesianKekejaman
ItalianCrudeltà
Japanese残虐
Korean잔인함
PolishOkrucieństwo
Portuguese (Brazilian)Crueldade
RussianЖестокость
Spanish (Spain)Crueldad
Spanish (Latin America)Crueldad
RS3 Decks in Balatro
Standard Decks
  • Red Deck
  • Blue Deck
  • Yellow Deck
  • Green Deck
  • Black Deck
  • Magic Deck
  • Nebula Deck
  • Ghost Deck
  • Abandoned Deck
  • Checkered Deck
  • Zodiac Deck
  • Painted Deck
  • Anaglyph Deck
  • Plasma Deck
  • Erratic Deck
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