Glass Cards

Glass Card
Effect
X2 Mult
1 in 4 chance to destroy card

Glass Cards are Enhanced playing cards that give X2 Mult when scored, and have a 1 in 4 chance to be destroyed after all scoring is finished. The XMult from Glass Cards is given when playing card effects are calculated, which is the same timing as Jokers like Photograph and Hanging Chad. Because of this, the best way to increase your score with Glass Cards is to level up the Poker Hand you are playing the most, and get as many retriggers on your Glass Cards as possible (retriggering a Glass Card does not reroll the 1 in 4 chance to break.) There are a few different ways to find or create Glass Cards, which are:

  • Justice is the easiest way to make Glass Cards, as it applies the enhancement to a selected card in your hand.
  • Incantation, Familiar, and Grim can add Glass Number, Face, and Ace cards, respectively.
  • Standard Packs can contain Glass Cards.
  • Illusion allows for Glass Cards to appear in The Shop.

Synergies

  • Glass Joker rewards playing as many Glass Cards as possible, as it substitutes the loss of scoring from broken Glass Cards for a permanent X0.75 Mult increase each time this happens. If trying to maximize the scaling of Glass Joker, however, it is important to have a reliable way to generate more Glass Cards. Glass Joker also scales if a Glass Card is destroyed by other means, such as with Trading Card or The Hanged Man. However, due to a bug, when Glass Cards are destroyed by Spectral cards like Immolate, Glass Joker will not scale.
  • Erosion gains +4 Mult whenever your deck loses a card (as long as its smaller than the starting size).
  • DNA allows for more Glass Cards to be made. This is especially important for these cards because of their chance to be destroyed.
  • Hanging Chad will give X8 Mult if your first played card is a Glass Card.
  • Hack, Sock and Buskin, Seltzer, and Dusk similarly retrigger all playing cards, each with a different requirement for doing so. If playing 5 Glass Cards, this would give X1024 Mult.
  • Canio can be great if your Glass Cards are face cards, as it essentially acts as a better Glass Joker.
  • Red Seals can retrigger a Glass Card 1 time. Playing 5 Red Seal Glass Cards would give X1024 Mult.
  • Blue Seals increases the flat Mult on the hand you are playing, which is then multiplied by the Glass Card's effect.
  • Polychrome on a Glass Card essentially increases its XMult to X3 Mult.
  • If a glass card is debuffed by Boss Blinds, it can be played without risk of breaking.

Anti-Synergies

Jokers

  • Oops! All 6s makes Glass Cards more likely to break. This is usually a bad combination, unless you have Glass Joker and are trying to break as many Glass Cards as possible.

Usage notes

  • It is usually best to move selected Glass Cards to the rightmost position prior to playing your hand. Jokers, enhancements, and editions that give + Mult are more effective if played before a Glass Card, as adding flat Mult then multiplying it is better than the other way around. However, if using a Hanging Chad, having a Glass Card at the leftmost position is usually more effective.
  • Fragile starts with all playing cards in your deck being Glass Cards.

Trivia

  • Glass Cards are slightly transparent. This effect is not reflected if a Glass Card is drawn face down, as it will display the card back texture for the current deck.
  • If a Glass Card is destroyed by other means, such as Trading Card, The Hanged Man, or Immolate, the breaking animation and sound effect are still used instead of the common burning ones.
  • There is a small 2-pixel seam on the bottom right corner of the Glass card texture. This is presumably a graphical bug.

Update History

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.
0.9.0l[verify]
  • Effect
    • +10 Mult with 1 in 5 chance to destroy card -> X2 Mult with 1 in 4 chance to destroy card

0.8.8

  • Effect
    • +5 Mult -> +10 Mult with 1 in 5 chance to destroy card

0.8.5

In other languages

LanguageName
Chinese (Simplified)玻璃牌
Chinese (Traditional)玻璃牌
DutchGlazen kaart
FrenchCarte Verre
GermanGlas-Karte
IndonesianGlass Card
ItalianCarta di vetro
Japaneseグラスカード
Korean글래스 카드
PolishKarta Szklana
Portuguese (Brazilian)Carta de Vidro
RussianСтеклянная карта
Spanish (Spain)Carta de vidrio
Spanish (Latin America)Carta de vidrio