Diet Cola

Diet Cola

Effect

Sell this card to create a free Double Tag

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Effect

Activation

N/A (Passive)

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✗ No

Diet Cola is an Uncommon Effect Joker that creates a free Double Tag ( Double tag.png) if it is sold, allowing the player to create a copy of the next tag they gain by skipping blinds.

• 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): The +1 Joker slot gives more chances to get Diet Cola without having to sell another Joker.
• 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): Diet Cola's Double Tag can stack with the ones obtained after defeating a boss blind.

Diet Cola synergizes with just about every build as long as the player has an open Joker slot. It is, in effect, a $3 Double Tag, if it is bought and sold immediately. Any build that is empowered by a tag is inherently empowered by buying and selling Diet Cola, unless the act of selling another Joker to make room for it temporarily is a negative act that outweighs the benefits the Double Tag gives. It is recommended to read up on all the Tags available to see all the potential synergies, as there are too many to list here.

Some particular Jokers that work well with Diet Cola:

• By definition, it is very strong with 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), as the player can get even more value out of skipping blinds (though Throwback does not receive additional scaling for each double tag spent).
• Diet Cola very mildly synergizes with Gift Card (Add {{Money|1}} of {{hl|orange|sell value}} to every [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] and [[Consumables|{{hl|orange|Consumable}}]] card at end of round Uncommon Economy N/A (Passive) Gift Card.png), as if the player waits a few rounds before selling the cola, they will lose less money overall.
• Selling Diet Cola can also help proc Campfire (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} for each card {{hl|orange|sold}}, resets when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] is defeated <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent Campfire.png).
• 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) are compatible with Diet Cola, selling either one while they are copying Diet Cola will also create a Double Tag. This would not be advisable, however, as Blueprint and Brainstorm are far more valuable than the Double Tag selling them would create.

• On Gold Stake, gaining a () Rental Diet Cola and selling it immediately after buying it essentially gives the player a free Double Tag ( Double tag.png).

• The Non-Perishable ( ) challenge bans Diet Cola.

• The design of the bottle on the card with the label reading "JOKE" resembles an old-fashioned glass bottle of Coca-Cola with their "COKE" branding.
  • The circular patterned background of Diet Cola could resemble fizzy bubbles that form when carbon dioxide is released inside the drink.
• The first diet cola drink produced by the Coca-Cola Company was called TaB, which is almost tag.
• This card's effect may be referencing the fact that Tags superficially resemble bottlecaps.
• This Joker is part of the group of "Consumable" Jokers that can be destroyed with usage, dubbed "Food Jokers" due to their shared theme. The other Jokers in this group are Ice Cream ({{Chips|+100}}<br>{{Chips|-5}} for every hand played Common Chips Independent Ice Cream.png), Popcorn ({{Mult|+20}} <br> {{Mult|-4}} per round played Common Additive Mult Independent Popcorn.png), Gros Michel ({{mult|+15}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 6}} chance this is destroyed at the end of round. Common Additive Mult Independent Gros Michel.png), Cavendish ({{xmult|3}} <br> {{hl|green|1 in 1000}} chance this card is destroyed at the end of round Common Multiplicative Mult Independent Cavendish.png), Egg (Gains {{Money|3}} of {{Hl|orange|sell value}} at end of round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Egg.png), Seltzer (Retrigger all cards played for the next {{hl|orange|10}} hands Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Seltzer.png), Turtle Bean ({{hl|orange|+5}} hand size, reduces by {{hl|red|1}} each round Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Turtle Bean.png), and Ramen ({{xmult|2}}, loses {{xmult|0.01}} per {{hl|orange|card}} discarded Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Ramen.png).^[1][2][3]