Greedy Joker

Greedy Joker

Effect

Played cards with  Diamond suit give +3 Mult when scored

Rarity

Common

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

5

Sell Price

2

Type

Additive Mult

Activation

On Scored

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Greedy Joker is a Common Joker that provides conditional Additive Mult to played hands. One of the four 'sinful' Jokers made to support specific Card Suits, it gives +3 Mult each time a  Diamonds card is scored. If the played card is retriggered, either by a Joker effect or by its own Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png), Greedy Joker's effect will activate again.

As Diamonds have the least meaningful support of all the suits, and Flush already has one of the slowest Planet scaling curves in the game, Greedy Joker is often not worth keeping past the first few Antes, unless better Additive Mult options are never encountered.

• Magic Deck ( Start run with the {{V|Crystal Ball|class=hl-purple}} voucher and {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{tarot|The Fool}} Win a run with the {{D|Red}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Magic Deck.png): This Deck has the only innate advantage with this one, as one can turn the starting copies of The Fool (Creates the last [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] or [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]] card used during this run<br><small>{{hl|purple|The Fool}} excluded</small> Available from start. Tarot The Fool.png) into The Star (Converts up to {{hl|orange|3}} selected cards to {{Suit|Diamonds}} Available from start. Tarot The Star.png) to more rapidly convert their Deck into Diamonds. Death (Select {{hl|orange|2}} cards, convert the {{hl|orange|left}} card into the {{hl|orange|right}} card<br>{{hl|gray|(Drag to rearrange)}} Available from start. Tarot Death.png) and The Lovers (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Lovers.png) also help build towards this goal, albeit at a slower pace, but in the latter's case, Wild Cards synergize with many more Jokers.
• 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): Certain seeds can produce proportionally more Diamond cards. With 20 or more in the starting Deck, this Joker becomes a much more obvious include.
• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png), Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png), and Painted Deck ( {{hl|orange|+2}} hand size, <br> {{hl|red|-1}} Joker slot Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Green}} difficulty or harder Painted Deck.png): These Decks all have bonuses that make it marginally easier to find that key Diamonds Flush, making them slightly more practical overall, but not by a large margin.

The most obvious plan with this Joker is to play hands that contain only  Diamonds. As a result, Flush-type hands are the most optimal, to guarantee at least +15 Mult to all played hands:

• Flush
• Straight Flush (and subsequently Royal Flush)
• Flush House
• Flush Five

Other hands that score more cards, like Straight, are generally better to play with this Joker than, say, High Card or Pair, as they allow more Diamond cards to be scored.

• Retrigger Jokers work best with this one. To maximize the Additive Mult boost to +30 Mult on a Flush-type hand, priority should be given to those that can very easily affect the entire hand of played cards, such as Hack (Retrigger each played {{hl|orange|2}}, {{hl|orange|3}}, {{hl|orange|4}}, or {{hl|orange|5}} Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Hack.png) (for cards with 5 or lower rank) or Sock and Buskin (Retrigger all played {{hl|orange|face}} cards Play a total of {{hl|orange|300}} face cards Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Sock and Buskin.png) (for face cards).
• Tarot Card generation is also a must if Greedy Joker is to be at the core of the build. Cartomancer (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected <br> {{room}} Discover every Tarot Card. Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Cartomancer.png) is an obvious choice, but building into Straight Flushes can also lend well to including Superposition (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if poker hand contains an {{hl|orange|Ace}} and a {{ph|Straight}} <br> {{room}} Common Effect Independent Superposition.png).
  • Additionally, Spectral Cards can be created with 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) if a build is centered around Straight Flushes.
• Crafty Joker ({{Chips|+80}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Flush}} Common Chips Independent Crafty Joker.png) and Droll Joker ({{Mult|+10}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Flush}} Common Additive Mult Independent Droll Joker.png): Providing +80 Chips and +10 Mult, respectively, when scoring a Flush-type hand, these can be beneficial in tandem with this Joker, primarily in the early game. In Crafty Joker's case, since Chip sources are overall rarer than Additive Mult, keeping it later is more practical.
• Castle (This Joker gains {{Chips|+3}} per discarded [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] card, suit changes every round <br> {{currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Mixed Castle.png): A Chip Joker that scales by +3 Chips for every discarded card of a random suit determined by deck distribution. It can easily cover the other side of the equation once the deck has been manipulated enough to mostly include Diamonds, by just tossing away lower-ranked or otherwise less desirable cards of the suit.
• Rough Gem (Played cards with {{suit|Diamond}} suit earn {{Money|1}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Diamond}} suit in your deck Uncommon Economy On Scored Rough Gem.png): Forming the most natural synergy with this Joker, it will make each Diamonds Flush you play also give $5, which can help compensate for the lack of raw damage Diamond Decks can output by increasing purchasing power, thereby granting indirect access to higher strength.
• Smeared Joker ({{suit|Hearts}} and {{suit|Diamonds}} count as the same suit, {{suit|Spades}} and {{suit|Clubs}} count as the same suit Have at least {{hl|orange|3}} [[Wild Cards|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] in your deck Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Smeared Joker.png): By making  Hearts also count as  Diamonds, and vice versa, this not only makes deck-fixing and finding Flushes twice as easy, but opens up access to more cards, like more consistent hits of Ancient Joker (Each played card with [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] gives {{xmult|1.5}} when scored, <br> <small>suit changes at end of round</small> Rare Multiplicative Mult On Scored Ancient Joker.png), as well as Bloodstone ({{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance for played cards with {{suit|Heart}} suit to give {{xmult|1.5}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Heart}} suit in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult On Scored Bloodstone.png).
• Ancient Joker (Each played card with [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] gives {{xmult|1.5}} when scored, <br> <small>suit changes at end of round</small> Rare Multiplicative Mult On Scored Ancient Joker.png) and The Idol (Each played [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|[rank]}}]] of [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] gives {{xmult|2}} when scored<br><small>Card changes every round</small> In one hand, earn at least {{hl|orange|1,000,000}} chips Uncommon Multiplicative Mult On Scored The Idol.png): These are more difficult to include thanks to their inherent randomness, but with enough Wild Cards (in the former's case) or duplication (for the latter), they could easily be activated every few hands later on in the run.
• The Tribe ({{xmult|2}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Flush}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Flush}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The Tribe.png): A natural include in a Flush build to give an extra X2 Mult to the most practical of scored hands. However, if it is possible to deck fix into a Flush Five build, The Family ({{xmult|4}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Four of a Kind}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Four of a Kind}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The_Family.png) should be prioritized.

• Checkered Deck ( Start run with {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Spades}} and {{hl|orange|26}} {{suit|Hearts}} in deck Win a run with the {{D|Black}} on any difficulty Checkered Deck.png) has anti-synergy with this Joker, since it includes no Diamonds to start. This Joker is better off avoided if encountered while playing this Deck.

Care should be taken when playing a Diamonds Flush build, as they are hard countered by two Boss Blinds, and soft countered by one of the Showdown Blinds. The Director's Cut (Reroll [[Blinds|Boss Blind]] {{hl|orange|1}} time per Ante, {{Money|10}} per roll Base Director's Cut.png) voucher is a smart choice as a result.

• The Window ( Boss The Window.png) is a debilitating encounter, since it makes it so that all Diamond cards go unscored and thus activate no Joker or card effects. A Diamonds Flush deck is only a safe consideration early on if this Boss Blind has already came and went; in any other case, it is very likely to end the run.
• The Ox ( Boss The Ox.png) can also be crippling later on in the run, especially when playing predominantly regular Flushes, by killing the player's economy on the spot. While it is possible to mitigate the loss with other money generation, or even avoid it entirely by veering into another hand like a Flush House, this is not always possible. In the event it is not, seriously consider whether the money is best spent right before to lessen the need for it for the rest of the run.
• The Cerulean Bell ( Showdown Cerulean Bell.png) can prove to be a mild or major annoyance; if its effect forcibly selects a non-Diamond card and prevents scoring a Flush as a result, it must either be discarded, or played in a 'burner hand' as a makeshift discard, which can both lessen consistency and overall odds of winning.

• Greed is one of the traditional seven deadly sins. The four Common Jokers that give Additive Mult for each suit are based on these. The other 'sinful Jokers' (as named by LocalThunk in the Balatro patch notes) are Lusty Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Heart}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Lusty Joker.png), Wrathful Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Spade}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Wrathful Joker.png) and Gluttonous Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Gluttonous Joker.png).
• Greed is typically applied to being greed for money, hence it is associated with  Diamonds, which as jewelry, symbolizes wealth.
  • Greedy Joker's Uncommon counterpart, Rough Gem (Played cards with {{suit|Diamond}} suit earn {{Money|1}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Diamond}} suit in your deck Uncommon Economy On Scored Rough Gem.png), generates money, which plays into the theme of greed.

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