Red Deck

Red Deck
Effect
+1 discard every round
Unlock Requirement
Unlocked from start

The Red Deck is a deck which provides +1 discard every round. This deck is unlocked by default.

Starting Contents

It contains the 52 cards of a normal deck: four suits, each with 13 cards (2 to 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace).

Synergies

Being one of the more generic decks, Red Deck pairs nicely with anything, and as such lets the player utilize lots of different strategies centralizing around what the run gives them without much issue.

An extra discard means the player can cycle through at most 5 other cards, which helps significantly for playing bigger poker hands while also helping find specific cards, acting as an extra layer of filtering.

Jokers

  • Thanks to the prominent feature that Red Deck possesses, Jokers that function off of discards should be of priority when using it. An example would be Banner, which gains +30 Chips per remaining discard.
  • Discard-dependent Jokers such as Mail-in Rebate, Faceless Joker, Castle, Burnt Joker or Yorick are also preferred when using Red Deck.
  • Even though not being directly harmful, the likes of Delayed Gratification, Green Joker or Ramen gives less value when using discards, which hurts Red Deck's potential when paired with them.
    • Although notably, Delayed Gratification enjoys a boost to its effect, giving the player an extra $2 in most cases. The risk of using a deck with basically no effect oftentimes outweigh the benefit that this interaction gives, but nonetheless, it can be considered a synergy.

Vouchers

  • Paint Brush and Palette make it easier to search for specific cards or hands in your deck when combined with the extra discard.

Blinds

  • The Serpent benefits from the extra discard because it allows the player to draw an extra 3 cards, making the blind more manageable.
  • The Hook benefits from the extra discard because it allows the player to see more cards before the cards are forcefully discarded, making it significantly easier to assemble a 5 cards hand.

Modifiers

  • Purple Seal: The extra discard provides more opportunities to generate more Tarot Cards.

Vouchers

  • Petroglyph: Red Deck can help offset the -1 discard from Petroglyph.

Stakes

  • Red Deck can help offset the -1 discard penalty from playing Blue Stake and above.

Anti-Synergies

Jokers

Burglar nullifies red deck's +1 discard.

Blinds

The Water also nullifies red deck's +1 discard.

Trivia

  • Red and Blue backed playing card decks are some of the most common colors used in real-world playing card decks, such as Bicycle decks.

In other languages

LanguageName
Internalb_red
Chinese (Simplified)红色牌组
Chinese (Traditional)紅色牌組
DutchRood kaartspel
FrenchJeu rouge
GermanRotes Deck
IndonesianRed Deck
ItalianMazzo rosso
Japaneseレッドデッキ
Korean레드 덱
PolishCzerwona talia
Portuguese (Brazilian)Baralho Vermelho
RussianКрасная колода
Spanish (Spain)Baraja roja
Spanish (Latin America)Baraja roja
RS3 Decks in Balatro
Standard Decks
  • Red Deck
  • Blue Deck
  • Yellow Deck
  • Green Deck
  • Black Deck
  • Magic Deck
  • Nebula Deck
  • Ghost Deck
  • Abandoned Deck
  • Checkered Deck
  • Zodiac Deck
  • Painted Deck
  • Anaglyph Deck
  • Plasma Deck
  • Erratic Deck
Challenge Decks
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