Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

Effect

Prevents Death if chips scored are at least 25% of required chips
self destructs

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Lose 5 runs

Stats

Buy Price

5

Sell Price

2

Type

Effect

Activation

N/A (Passive)

Compatibility

Copyable

✗ No

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✗ No

Mr. Bones is a unique Uncommon effect Joker. By equipping this Joker, players can survive a blind without scoring the required amount of chips, provided they manage to score at least 25% of the target amount. Upon playing all of their hands, Mr. Bones will perish and grant victory to the blind, with the result screen saying "Saved by Mr. Bones". This also skips the normal reward money the player gets for beating a Blind. The player still gains interest, Anaglyph Deck ( After defeating each [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]], gain a [[File:Double tag.png|24px]] [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Black}} difficulty or harder Anaglyph Deck.png) still gives a Double Tag ( Double tag.png), and the Investment Tag ( Investment tag.png) still gives $25.

Mr. Bones will not save the player when they run out of cards, even if the player has reached 25% of the blind requirement.

To unlock this joker, the player must lose 5 runs.

• The Non-Perishable ( ) challenge bans Mr. Bones.

• 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) gives 1 extra Joker slot in exchange for 1 fewer hand, which can be used by Mr. Bones, as 1 less hand makes it harder to get to the required score.

This Joker does not affect any poker hand but may be slightly more useful for certain builds.

• Showman ([[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]], [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]], [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]], and [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] cards may appear multiple times Reach Ante level {{hl|orange|4}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Showman.png) can let the player pick up multiple Mr. Bones, which they would likely need the effects of due to missing 3 scoring Jokers by that point.
• 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't copy this Joker, so don't try to get multiple extra lives out of it.
• Since Mr. Bones is an uncommon, Baseball Card ([[Uncommon Jokers|{{hl|green|Uncommon}}]] Jokers each give {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Other Jokers Baseball Card.png) makes it give X1.5 Mult, making it more valuable.
• Matador (Earn {{Money|8}} if played hand triggers the {{hl|orange|Boss Blind}} ability Defeat a Boss Blind in {{hl|orange|1 hand}} without using any discards Uncommon Economy Independent Matador.png) becomes less punishing with Mr. Bones. This can be useful for the player to get a lot of money with little to no consequences.

• Being saved by Mr. Bones will still award the player a win on Ante 8, effectively making this joker divide the final round's chip requirement by 4. Note that being saved by this Joker will not allow it to gain a stake sticker.

• If Mr. Bones gets debuffed on the final hand of Crimson Heart ( Showdown Crimson Heart.png), it will not save the player.

Mr. Bones can be useful when the play style of a round is extremely fragile to certain Boss Blinds, for example:

• With a deck mostly consisting of a certain suit, or with 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): The Club ( Boss The Club.png), The Goad ( Boss The Goad.png), The Window ( Boss The Window.png), and The Head ( Boss The Head.png).
• With a deck mostly consisting of face cards, or with Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png): The Plant ( Boss The Plant.png), The Mark ( Boss The Mark.png).
• With a high-leveled hand: The Flint ( Boss The Flint.png).
• Relying on a certain hand type, or with Card Sharp ({{xmult|3}} if played {{hl|orange|poker hand}} has already been played this round Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Card_Sharp.png): The Eye ( Boss The Eye.png).
• Relying on using discards to build hands: The Wheel ( Boss The Wheel.png), The Water ( Boss The Water.png), Cerulean Bell ( Showdown Cerulean Bell.png).
• Relying on combination of all held Jokers: Verdant Leaf ( Showdown Verdant Leaf.png), Crimson Heart ( Showdown Crimson Heart.png).
• Relying on good economy: The Ox ( Boss The Ox.png) and The Tooth ( Boss The Tooth.png).
• With 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): The Mouth ( Boss The Mouth.png) and The Fish ( Boss The Fish.png).
• Being relatively weak and relying on multiple hands to defeat blinds: The Needle ( Boss The Needle.png), The Wall ( Boss The Wall.png), and Violet Vessel ( Showdown Violet Vessel.png).

In fact, for most runs, players are only vulnerable to 1-2 specific Boss Blinds and one Showdown Blind. In an Ante 8 run, excluding Ante 1 and 2 (at which point a specific gameplay style is unlikely to be formed), the probability of encountering both detrimental Boss Blinds, or a Boss Blind combined with a Showdown Blind is relatively low (both around 6%). Therefore, Mr. Bones is sufficient to handle the risk. However, compared with other methods that can avoid specific Boss Blind (e.g. Luchador (Sell this card to disable the current [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Luchador.png) and Director's Cut (Reroll [[Blinds|Boss Blind]] {{hl|orange|1}} time per Ante, {{Money|10}} per roll Base Director's Cut.png)), Mr. Bones still needs at least 25% of the score, so it cannot handle specific situations, such as encountering The Psychic ( Boss The Psychic.png) with a hand size below 5. And in endless mode, the player will face many Boss Blinds, so it would be better to have a method that can avoid multiple Boss Blinds (such as 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)).

When dealing with Crimson Heart ( Showdown Crimson Heart.png), a possible strategy is to sell all Jokers except for the one being debuffed and Mr. Bones when there are two hands left. As Crimson Heart will not select a Joker consecutively, this ensures that Mr. Bones will not be debuffed during the last hand.

• The name "Mr. Bones" is based on the meme "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"^[1], which was a car ride made in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 that was 30,696 feet long and took 4 in-game years to ride to completion, with the riders exclaiming "I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride".
• Mr. Bones can bail the player out of any round before Ante 39. This is because at ante 39 the required score is "NaN" - Not a Number - and the game will not recognize any number as at least 25% of the requirement.
• Normally, Mr. Bones can't save the player if they run out of cards in their deck. However, if the player has two Mr. Bones, running out of cards puts the game in a glitched state where it ends the round every frame, with very strange results. Alternately, instead of a second Mr. Bones, this glitched state can be achieved by selling Luchador (Sell this card to disable the current [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Luchador.png) against The Wall ( Boss The Wall.png) or Violet Vessel ( Showdown Violet Vessel.png) immediately after playing a losing hand to reduce the blind requirement below the achieved score. Using this glitch, it's possible to go past ante 39. If done on a boss round, it ups the ante constantly.
• Mr. Bones is one of three "spooky" Jokers that came as a part of a pin set alongside Madness (When {{hl|orange|Small Blind}} or {{hl|orange|Big Blind}} is selected, gain {{xmult|0.5}} and {{hl|orange|destroy}} a random Joker <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Madness.png) and Scary Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{Chips|+30}} when scored Common Chips On Scored Scary Face.png) as a merch collab between LocalThunk and Makeship.^[2]

• Mr. Bones makes an appearance as an enemy in Vampire Survivors.

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