Nacho Tong

Nacho Tong

Type

Upgraded

Effect

Permanently gain an additional +1 hand per round

Unlock Requirement

Play a total of 2,500 cards

Stats

Buy Price

10

Upgrades from

Grabber (Permanently gain {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Base Grabber.png)

Nacho Tong is a voucher that increases the number of hands per round by 1.

• The player must play a total of 2,500 cards across runs to unlock Nacho Tong.
• Grabber (Permanently gain {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Base Grabber.png) must be purchased in the same run for Nacho Tong to appear.
• The Blast Off ( ) and Golden Needle ( ) challenges ban Nacho Tong.

• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png): Since it has +1 hand by default, Nacho Tong gives Blue Deck the most amount of hands out of any deck.
• Green Deck ( At end of each Round: <br> {{Money|2}} per remaining {{hl|blue|Hand}} <br> {{Money|1}} per remaining {{hl|red|Discard}} <br> Earn no {{hl|orange|Interest}} Discover at least {{hl|orange|75}} items from your [[collection]] Green Deck.png): Gives $2 at end of round if hand goes unused.
• 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): Helps make up for Black Deck's lack of Hands.

• All Jokers that scale upon hand played, such as Green Joker ({{mult|+1}} per hand played <br> {{mult|-1}} per discard <br> {{Currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Green_Joker.png), Square Joker (This Joker gains {{Chips|+4}} if played hand has exactly {{hl|orange|4}} cards <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|0}}}} Common Chips Mixed Square_Joker.png), and 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) have more opportunities to scale.
• Troubadour ({{hl|orange|+2}} hand size, <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand each round Win {{hl|orange|5}} consecutive rounds by <abbr title="Discards are OK to use.">playing only 1 hand</abbr> Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Troubadour.png)'s -1 Hand has less of an effect.
• Card Sharp ({{xmult|3}} if played {{hl|orange|poker hand}} has already been played this round Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Card_Sharp.png): The extra hand allows more possible hands to be played with the X3 Mult active.
• Loyalty Card ({{xmult|4}} every {{hl|orange|6}} hands played<br>{{hl|grey|5 remaining}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Loyalty Card.png) becomes easier to activate.
• 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): The extra hand gives more opportunities for Space Joker to activate.
• Hiker (Every played {{hl|orange|card}} permanently gains {{Chips|+5}} when scored Uncommon Chips On Scored Hiker.png): Nacho Tong allows more cards to be played and upgraded.
• Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png): Allows for the generation of 1 more Tarot Card per Blind.
• Reserved Parking (Each {{hl|orange|face}} card held in hand has a {{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to give {{Money|1}} Common Economy On Held Reserved Parking.png) and 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): Nacho Tong allows for the generation of more money.

• Hieroglyph ({{hl|orange|-1}} Ante, <br> {{hl|blue|-1}} hand each round Base Hieroglyph.png): Helps make up for Hieroglyph's -1 Hand downside.

• According to LocalThunk, this name comes from the joke of calling one's hands Nacho Tongs^[1]—in which Nacho is a type of Texas-Mexican tortilla chip topped with cheese and often additional savory toppings (as depicted in its art), and tong is a gripping device.
• Nacho Tong's art is based on the hand of LocalThunk himself.^[2]