Marble Joker

Marble Joker

Effect

Adds one Stone card to the deck when Blind is selected

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Effect

Activation

On Blind Select

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Marble Joker is an Uncommon Effect Joker that adds a Stone Card ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) to the deck at the beginning of each Blind.

Generally, Marble Joker isn't a strong Joker. Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) only really work with High Card and Pair builds, and you need a large amount of them in your deck to consistently draw and play them. Marble Joker ends up in an awkward state early where it takes up a Joker slot that could be used for another Chips provider like Stuntman ({{Chips|+250}},<br>{{hl|orange|-2}} hand size Earn at least 100 million (100,000,000) Chips in a single hand. Rare Chips Independent Stuntman.png) or 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) that can work better with High Card builds. However, the Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) it adds can end up supplanting a Chips Joker entirely, meaning you can sell Marble after getting value from it and go into the final Boss Blind with an extra Mult or effect Joker you'd be missing otherwise. With that said, Marble joker can be great when it's fueling some specific other jokers.

• Plasma Deck ( Balance [[Chips|{{hl|blue|Chips}}]] and [[Mult|{{hl|red|Mult}}]] when calculating score for played hand <br> {{hl|red|X2}} base Blind size Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Blue}} difficulty or harder Plasma Deck.png) can use the Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) created to great effect. Marble's Stone cards could win the entire run in combination with only a few other Chip Jokers and/or Planet 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 Mad World ( ) have fewer cards than other decks, meaning the player will be able to draw a mixture of Stone and non-Stone cards more consistently.
• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) allows you to find Stone cards easier, letting the player play more hands with as many Stone cards as possible.
• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png)'s extra hand allows the player to play more Stone card hands and scale hand-based mult-scaling Jokers.
• 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)'s extra Joker slot makes it easier to take Marble, as there will be more Jokers to carry it as it starts to create Stone cards.

High Card is the best hand to use with Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png), as you can end up playing five of them. Besides that, Pair and Three of a Kind still allow you to play a few Stone cards, and Two Pair and Four of a Kind allow you to play one. Straight, Flush, and Straight Flush can also be played with one stone card with Four Fingers (All {{ph|Flushes}} and {{ph|Straights}} can be made with 4 cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Four Fingers.png). No other hand can be played with Stone cards. You will want to end up focusing on High Card, as it is the most reliable and plays the most Stone cards.

• Marble Joker will only work with some way to scale Mult. This can be scaling based on hands played, like from Ride the Bus (This Joker gains {{Mult|+1}} per {{hl|orange|consecutive}} hand played without a scoring {{hl|orange|face}} card <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Ride the Bus.png) or Supernova (Adds the number of times [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] has been played this run to Mult Common Additive Mult Independent Supernova.png), scaling from leveling up High Card, like from Burnt Joker (Upgrade the level of the first {{hl|orange|discarded}} poker hand each round Sell 50 cards. Rare Effect On Discard Burnt Joker.png) or Space Joker ({{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to upgrade level of played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] Uncommon Effect On Played Space Joker.png), or even scaling from economy, like from Bootstraps ({{Mult|+2}} for every {{Money|5}} you have <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|2}} {{hl|edition|Polychrome}} Jokers at the same time. Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Bootstraps.png) or Flash Card (This Joker gains {{Mult|+2}} per {{hl|orange|reroll}} in [[The Shop|the shop]] <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Flash Card.png), but it must exist in some form. There aren't many flat + Mult Jokers that will be able to beat the final Boss Blind. This doesn't need to be from a Joker necessarily, getting enough Pluto (Increases {{ph|High Card}} hand value by {{mult|+1}} and {{chips|+10}} Available from start. Planet Pluto.png) cards from Celestial Packs, blue seals, etc. can act as this scaling, but Joker scaling is easier to pull off generally.
• Stone Joker (Gives {{Chips|+25}} for each [[Stone Card|{{hl|orange|Stone Card}}]] in your {{hl|orange|full deck}} <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Stone Joker.png) possesses a very strong combo with Marble Joker. The worst part about Marble is that after the fifth Stone Card ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) it adds, you have maxed out on the Chips from Stone cards you can play in a single hand, and every additional Stone just makes that hand easier to play (or lets you play it multiple times). Stone Joker adds consistent Chips scaling that will give Marble Joker value after it would begin to lose it. It can also serve as a late replacement for Marble, giving it value postmortem.
• Driver's License ({{xmult|3}} if you have at least {{hl|orange|16}} Enhanced cards in your full deck <br> {{Currently|{{hl|orange|0}}}} Enhance 16 cards in your deck Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent Driver's License.png) will become active very quickly with Marble Joker adding an enhanced card every Blind.
• 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) is an extremely strong combo, as it will gain X0.25 Mult every Blind from the Stone Card ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) added. It can very rapidly reach a huge XMult, which can affect whichever +Mult scaler you have to a large extent.
• Vampire (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.1}} per scoring {{hl|orange|Enhanced card}} played, removes card {{hl|orange|Enhancement}} <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Vampire.png) can use Marble as an enhancement generator to scale easier. Builds using Vampire often don't care about the cards in its deck besides enhancements, either, meaning the added cards don't massively hinder it, only making it slightly harder to find other enhanced cards (which is, again, not too bad since you get one automatically every Blind).
• 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 Marble Joker at the start of the blind, allowing players to create more Stone Cards and can be helpful to scale Jokers like Stone Joker (Gives {{Chips|+25}} for each [[Stone Card|{{hl|orange|Stone Card}}]] in your {{hl|orange|full deck}} <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Stone Joker.png) or 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).

• If Marble Joker is held for a long time or is Eternal (), higher value poker hands like Straight and Four of a Kind that rely on finding specific cards are much harder to find with many Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) in the deck.

• Erosion ({{Mult|+4}} for each card below {{hl|orange|[the deck's starting size]}} in your full deck <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Independent Erosion.png) relies on a small deck size, which is more difficult to get when 1 card is added per round from Marble Joker.

• The Fragile ( ) challenge bans Marble Joker.
• The Medusa ( ) challenge starts the player with an Eternal copy of () Marble Joker.
• The Monolith ( ) challenge starts the player with an Eternal, Negative copy of () Marble Joker.

• If the Stone ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png) enhancement is removed or replaced, it can be seen that the card created by Marble Joker has a random rank and suit. This doesn't impact the type of a played hand if Vampire (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.1}} per scoring {{hl|orange|Enhanced card}} played, removes card {{hl|orange|Enhancement}} <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Vampire.png) removes it.