Legendary Jokers

Legendary Jokers are a type of Joker only obtainable by using The Soul (Creates a [[Legendary Jokers|{{hl|purple|Legendary}}]] Joker <br> {{room}} Available from start. Spectral The Soul.png) Spectral card.

All of them have a unique appearance, with a nameplate, ethereal background, and their faces floating off the card not being affected by edition colour changes.

There are 5 Legendary Jokers:

Name	Cost	Effect
Canio (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} when a {{hl|orange|face}} card is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Canio.png)	N/A	This Joker gains X1 Mult when a face card is destroyed (Currently X1 Mult)
Triboulet (Played Kings and Queens each give {{xmult|2}} when scored Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult On Scored Triboulet.png)	N/A	Played Kings and Queens each give X2 Mult when scored
Yorick (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} every {{hl|orange|23}} {{hl|gray|[23]}} cards discarded<br>{{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Yorick.png)	N/A	This Joker gains X1 Mult every 23 [23] cards discarded (Currently X1 Mult)
Chicot (Disables effect of every [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Effect On Blind Select Chicot.png)	N/A	Disables effect of every Boss Blind
Perkeo (Creates a [[Negative|{{hl|edition|Negative}}]] copy of {{hl|orange|1}} random [[Consumables|{{hl|orange|consumable}}]] card in your possession at the end of the [[The Shop|{{hl|orange|shop}}]] Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Effect N/A (Passive) Perkeo.png)	N/A	Creates a Negative copy of 1 random consumable card in your possession at the end of the shop

Although legendary jokers can never be bought from a shop, the legendary jokers all have a buy price of $20 in the code.

• All of them are based on pre-existing famous clowns or jesters, both fictional and real:
  • Canio is a reference to "Pagliacci", an Italian opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, an actor and the leader of a theatrical company who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a performance. The destruction of face cards (which feature people on them) to increase Canio's power is likely in reference to these murders.
  • Little biographical information is available about the jester Triboulet. It is known that in France, there have been at least three jesters referred to as "Triboulet", with the first one serving René of Anjou and also being a playwright, the second serving Louis XII, and the third one serving Francis I (and possibly also Louis XII). The second Triboulet died during Louis XII's reign, and he and the Third Triboulet later became confused as one person. Triboulet's ability in Balatro seems to play into the history of the real Triboulet smacking the King on his rear, mistaking him for the Queen.
  • Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet'. He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringing: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest." This also seems to be the origin of the 23 cards needed to discard for Yorick's scaling, as in the same Act 5, Scene 1 of the play, the following lines can be found: "This skull has lain in the earth three-and-twenty years ... Sir, this skull belonged to Yorick, the king’s jester".^[1]
  • Chicot (c. 1540–1591), real name Jean-Antoine d'Anglerais, was the jester of King Henry III of France, and later Henry IV. He was sharp-tongued, very cunning, and spoke with the king without formalities.^[2] Chicot disabling Boss Blinds in the game is likely a reference to this.
  • Perkeo of Heidelberg (born Clemens Pankert, according to other sources Giovanni Clementi; 1702–1735) was a notable jester of Elector Palatine Charles III Philip in Heidelberg. As guardian of the Great Heidelberg Tun, he has since become an unofficial mascot of the city and region. His name, story, and image have been connected with a variety of festivals, traditional songs, cultural and scientific institutions, hotels, restaurants, and private companies (in and out of the region) ever since. Perkeo's ability to hold infinite consumable cards is a reference to the real jester's penchant for allegedly consuming between five and eight US gallons of wine a day (possibly due to a case of Diabetes Insipidus).
• When the Legendary Joker cards turn Negative ({{hl|edition|+1}} Joker or Consumable slot Joker (Negative).png), the sprite colors of the jesters themselves aren't inverted because the animated sprites are separated from the cards themselves.
  • The only other Joker card that follows this principle is Hologram (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} every time a {{hl|orange|playing card}} is added to your deck <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Hologram.gif).
• All Legendary Jokers' in-game unlock condition is "?????".