Scary Face

Scary Face

Effect
Played face cards give +30 Chips when scored
Rarity
Common
Unlock Requirement
Available from start.
Stats
Buy Price
4
Sell Price
2
Type
Chips
Activation
On Scored
Compatibility
Copyable
Yes
Perishable
Yes
Eternal
Yes

Scary Face is a Common Chips Joker that adds +30 Chips for each scored Face Card in a hand.

Synergies

  • Erratic Deck can synergize with Scary Face if it's randomized to have lots of Face Cards.
  • Red Deck’s extra discard can be used to dig for more face cards in the player’s deck.
  • Painted Deck has a larger hand size, allowing for more face cards to appear. However, the -1 Joker slot means Scary Face may not be as viable as some other options.
  • Plasma Deck can use the large influx of Chips to win a large number of early hands, allowing one to search for better Jokers easier.
  • Mad World starts with an Eternal Pareidolia, which causes Scary Face to trigger on all played cards.

Scary Face requires face cards (King, Queen, and Jack) to trigger, so hands with more face cards in them will allow Scary Face to award more Chips. For example, a Full House consisting of K K K Q Q will trigger Scary Face five times.

  • If the first card of the hand is a face card, Hanging Chad will cause Scary Face to trigger thrice, giving +90 Chips.
  • Pareidolia causes Scary Face to trigger on all played cards, effectively making every card a Bonus Card.
  • Sock and Buskin will add an additional +30 Chips per face card scored.
  • Triboulet provides a Mult multiplier for each played King or Queen.
  • Business Card gives each face card played a 50% chance to provide $2 when scored.
  • Smiley Face provides additional Mult for each face card played.
  • Splash allows non-scoring cards to trigger Scary Face (by making them score).

Anti-Synergies

Decks

  • Abandoned Deck and Medusa are not recommended due to lack of Face cards.
  • Baron, Shoot the Moon, Hit the Road and Reserved Parking encourage not playing face cards.
  • Ride the Bus actively punishes playing face cards.
  • Canio's ability activates only upon destroying face cards, resulting in fewer cards able to trigger Scary Face.

Blinds

  • The Plant will debuff all face cards, meaning Scary Face Joker cannot trigger.

Trivia

  • Scary Face is one of three "spooky" Jokers that came as a part of a pin set alongside Mr. Bones and Madness as a merch collab between LocalThunk and Makeship.[1]

In other languages

LanguageName
Internalj_scary_face
Chinese (Simplified)恐怖面孔
Chinese (Traditional)駭人的臉
DutchEng gezicht
FrenchFigures d'effroi
GermanGruselgesicht
IndonesianScary Face
ItalianVolto pauroso
Japaneseスケアリーフェイス
Korean무서운 얼굴
PolishStraszna Twarz
Portuguese (Brazilian)Realeza Assustadora
RussianЖуткое лицо
Spanish (Spain)Cara aterradora
Spanish (Latin America)Cara aterradora

References

  1. Balatro Halloween Pin Set. Retrieved on October 23, 2025.