Runner

Runner

Effect

Gains +15 Chips if played hand contains a Straight
(Currently +0 Chips)

Rarity

Common

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

5

Sell Price

2

Type

Chips

Activation

Mixed

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✗ No

Eternal

✓ Yes

Runner is a Common scaling Chips Joker that adds Chips to played hands. The amount of Chips added begins at +0 and is permanently increased by +15 when the player plays a hand that contains a Straight (including Straight Flush and Royal Flush).

• 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 ( ) both have fewer cards than the standard Deck, making it easier to locate specific cards for Straights.
• Painted Deck ( {{hl|orange|+2}} hand size, <br> {{hl|red|-1}} Joker slot Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Green}} difficulty or harder Painted Deck.png) with its increased Hand Size, can make Straights easier to form with more cards held in hand.
• 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) significantly benefits from early Chips value. This makes Runner an easy choice for the early to mid game, although it can be carried into late game if the player builds around Straights.
• 15 Minute City ( ) starts with an Eternal Shortcut (Allows {{ph|Straights}} to be made with gaps of {{hl|orange|1 rank}} <br> {{hl|gray|(ex: {{hl|orange|10 8 6 5 3}})}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Shortcut.png), which allows Straights to be made with gaps in them, making it easier to get that hand.

• Straight, Straight Flush, and Royal Flush are recommended to scale Runner consistently.

• Shortcut (Allows {{ph|Straights}} to be made with gaps of {{hl|orange|1 rank}} <br> {{hl|gray|(ex: {{hl|orange|10 8 6 5 3}})}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Shortcut.png) allows Straights to be made with gaps in them, making it easier to get that hand.
• Four Fingers (All {{ph|Flushes}} and {{ph|Straights}} can be made with 4 cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Four Fingers.png) allows Straights to be scored with only four cards instead of the usual five, making it easier to get that hand.
• The Order ({{xmult|3}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Straight}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The Order.png) will give X3 Mult as long as the played hand contains a Straight, making it a strong partner with Runner for both scaling Chips and XMult.
• Crazy Joker ({{Mult|+12}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} Common Additive Mult Independent Crazy Joker.png) gives +12 Mult on Straights, being especially useful to increase Mult during the early game.

• Grabber (Permanently gain {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Base Grabber.png) and Nacho Tong (Permanently gain an additional {{hl|blue|+1}} hand per round Play a total of 2,500 cards Upgraded Nacho Tong.png) give additional hands, allowing Runner to scale faster.
• Wasteful (Permanently gain {{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Base Wasteful.png) and Recyclomancy (Permanently gain an additional {{hl|red|+1}} discard each round Discard a total of 2500 cards Upgraded Recyclomancy.png) give additional discards, allowing the player to search for Straight hands easier.
• Paint Brush ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Base Paint Brush.png) and Palette ({{hl|orange|+1}} hand size Reduce your hand size down to five cards. Upgraded Palette.png) both increase hand size, which can help players with forming Straights.
• Telescope ([[Booster Packs|{{hl|orange|Celestial Packs}}]] always contain the [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]] card for your most played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] Base Telescope.png) can help upgrade Straight using Saturn (Increases {{ph|Straight}} hand value by {{mult|+3}} and {{chips|+30}} Available from start. Planet Saturn.png).

• 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), Blast Off ( ), and Golden Needle ( ) all have poor synergy with Runner due to their reduced number of hands.
• Erratic Deck ( All [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|Ranks}}]] and [[Suits|{{hl|orange|Suits}}]] in deck are randomized Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Orange}} difficulty or harder Erratic Deck.png) can make it difficult to use Runner as the randomized rank and suit makes it harder to form Straights.
• Five-Card Draw ( )'s -3 hand size makes it extremely hard to assemble Straights.

• Jokers that reduce hand size, 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) and Merry Andy ({{hl|red|+3}} discards each round, <br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Win a run in {{hl|orange|12}} or fewer rounds Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Merry_Andy.png), have anti-synergy with Runner, as a smaller hand size makes it harder to assemble Straights.

• Ectoplasm (Add [[Card Modifiers#Editions|{{hl|edition|Negative}}]] to a random {{hl|orange|Joker,}} {{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ectoplasm.png) and Ouija (Converts all cards in hand to a single random [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|rank}}]]<br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ouija.png) have anti-synergy with Runner, as a smaller hand size makes it harder to assemble Straights. Not only that, but Ouija (Converts all cards in hand to a single random [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|rank}}]]<br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ouija.png) converts all cards held in hand into one single rank, which makes assembling Straights less consistent.

• The Manacle ( Boss The Manacle.png)'s -1 hand size makes it hard to assemble Straights.
• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) will always start with 0 discards, making it very hard to assemble Straights.
• The Eye ( Boss The Eye.png) will only allow the player to play any given Poker Hand once, limiting the scaling opportunities for Runner.

• This is the only Chip Joker that scales by playing a hand of a specific type; in this case, Straights (which can include Straight Flushes). Its counterpart, Spare Trousers (This Joker gains {{Mult|+2}} if played hand contains a [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|Two Pair}}]] <br> {{currently|{{mult|+0}}}} Uncommon Additive Mult Mixed Spare Trousers.png), scale its +Mult by playing hands that contain Two Pairs.
• The runner's ID number, #345, is itself a (short) Straight.
• The name is a reference to how in some games, straights are called "runs".

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