Faceless Joker

Faceless Joker

Effect

Earn $5 if 3 or more face cards are discarded at the same time

Rarity

Common

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

4

Sell Price

2

Type

Economy

Activation

On Discard

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Faceless Joker is a Common Economy Joker which provides $5 if 3 or more Face Cards are discarded simultaneously. Debuffed Face Cards do not count towards this total.

• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) gives +1 Discard, allowing more chances to discard and dig for Face Cards.
• 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) can be beneficial for Faceless Joker if it's randomized to have lots of Face Cards.

Because this Joker requires discarding Face Cards, which provide lots of Chips, it's recommended to build toward weaker hands like High Card, Pair, or Two Pair.

• Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png) makes it so that all cards are considered Face Cards, effectively guaranteeing $5 per every 3 cards discarded.
• Drunkard ({{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Common Effect N/A (Passive) Drunkard.png) gives +1 Discard, allowing more chances to find and discard Face Cards.
• Merry Andy ({{hl|red|+3}} discards each round, <br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Win a run in {{hl|orange|12}} or fewer rounds Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Merry_Andy.png) gives +3 Discards, allowing more chances to find and discard Face Cards.
• 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 Faceless Joker to effectively double/triple amount of money gained with no downside as they can be moved around to buff scoring Jokers afterward.

• 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) give additional discards, allowing more chances to find and discard Face 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) and Medusa ( ) start with no Face Cards, making Faceless Joker useless at the beginning unless paired with Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png).
• Blast Off ( ) doesn't work well with Faceless Joker, as this deck only starts with 2 discards.

• Jokers that benefit from playing or keeping Face Cards, such as Scary Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{Chips|+30}} when scored Common Chips On Scored Scary Face.png) or Baron (Each {{hl|orange|King}} held in hand gives {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Held Baron.png), are worse as Faceless Joker incentivizes discarding Face Cards. Possible exceptions are if Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png) is used or if the deck is heavily manipulated for Face Cards.
• Any Jokers that benefit from not using Discards like Delayed Gratification (Earn {{Money|2}} per {{hl|orange|discard}} if no discards are used by end of the round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Delayed_Gratification.png) or Banner ({{Chips|+30}} for each remaining {{hl|orange|discard}} Common Chips Independent Banner.png) have anti-synergy with Faceless Joker.
• 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) removes all discards, effectively disabling Faceless Joker.

• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) starts with 0 discards, making Faceless Joker useless for the round.
• The Plant ( Boss The Plant.png) debuffs all face cards, rendering Faceless Joker useless for the round.

• Blue Stake and above hinder Faceless Joker's potential because of how they have 1 less discard by default.

• The art is identical to the basic Joker ({{Mult|+4}} Common Additive Mult Independent Joker.png) in all ways, except for the lack of facial features.