Seltzer

Seltzer

Effect

Retrigger all cards played for the next 10 hands

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Retrigger

Activation

On Scored

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✗ No

Seltzer is an Uncommon Retrigger Joker that temporarily boosts played hands' effect by re-triggering each scored card. It lasts for a total of 10 hands and will disappear after the 10th hand is played and retriggered (denoted by the text "Drank!").

In a build with many enhanced cards, Seltzer can be a powerful joker, especially in the late game. Note that Seltzer does not retrigger a Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png). A card with a Red Seal will only activate three times: once for the initial trigger, once for the Red Seal, and then lastly, for Seltzer.

Due to Seltzer's limited lifespan, it is often used to get the highest scoring single hand possible in endless mode before your inevitable death.

• Zodiac Deck ( Start run with {{V|Tarot Merchant|class=hl-purple}}, {{V|Planet Merchant|class=hl-cyan}}, and {{V|Overstock|class=hl-orange}} Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Red}} difficulty or harder Zodiac Deck.png) is helpful for finding tarot cards to make the enhanced cards that make Seltzer work effectively.
• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) is able to find better hands on average, so Seltzer will last longer, as less hands need to be played per round.
• 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) is able to stack more Jokers that benefit from Seltzer's effect. Adding even a single XMult Joker like Ancient Joker (Each played card with [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] gives {{xmult|1.5}} when scored, <br> <small>suit changes at end of round</small> Rare Multiplicative Mult On Scored Ancient Joker.png) can be an extra X7.5 Mult normally, but with Seltzer it becomes an extra X57 Mult.
• 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) gains a huge boost from stacking XMult modifiers, which Seltzer enables very well.

Any 5-card hands like Flush, Straight, or Full House will provide more retriggers from Seltzer. In particular, Flush Fives, with five of the same very strong duplicated card, work very well.

• Any Joker that triggers on scoring will have its effect doubled, for instance Scary Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{Chips|+30}} when scored Common Chips On Scored Scary Face.png) for Chips, Fibonacci (Each played {{hl|orange|Ace}}, {{hl|orange|2}}, {{hl|orange|3}}, {{hl|orange|5}}, or {{hl|orange|8}} gives {{Mult|+8}} when scored Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Fibonacci.png) for +Mult, The Idol (Each played [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|[rank]}}]] of [[Card Suits|{{hl|orange|[suit]}}]] gives {{xmult|2}} when scored<br><small>Card changes every round</small> In one hand, earn at least {{hl|orange|1,000,000}} chips Uncommon Multiplicative Mult On Scored The Idol.png) for XMult, or Rough Gem (Played cards with {{suit|Diamond}} suit earn {{Money|1}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Diamond}} suit in your deck Uncommon Economy On Scored Rough Gem.png) for money.
• Jokers that scale based on cards played, like Lucky Cat (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.25}} every time a [[Lucky Cards|{{hl|orange|Lucky}}]] card {{hl|green|successfully}} triggers <br> {{Currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Lucky Cat.png) and Hiker (Every played {{hl|orange|card}} permanently gains {{Chips|+5}} when scored Uncommon Chips On Scored Hiker.png), work very well with Seltzer, as the cards they scale with will always retrigger, and the scaling will remain after Seltzer is consumed.
• Jokers like 8 Ball ({{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance for each played {{hl|orange|8}} to create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when scored<br>{{room}} Common Effect On Scored 8_Ball.png) (in particular, due to its on scoring nature) and Cartomancer (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected <br> {{room}} Discover every Tarot Card. Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Cartomancer.png) can provide frequent Tarot cards to buff up playing cards.
• Throwback ({{xmult|0.25}} for each [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] skipped this run <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Continue a saved run from the main menu Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Throwback.png) rewards you for skipping blinds, making Seltzer last longer and into more difficult Boss Blinds.
• Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png) are very powerful with Seltzer, so Glass Joker (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.75}} for every [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Card}}]] that is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Have at least {{hl|orange|5}} [[Glass_Cards|{{hl|orange|Glass Cards}}]] in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Glass Joker.png) can be a useful addition to compliment their usage.
• Certificate (When round begins, add a random {{hl|orange|playing card}} with a random [[Seal|{{hl|orange|seal}}]] to your hand Have a [[Gold_Cards|Gold playing card]] with a [[Gold_Seal|{{hl|orange|Gold Seal}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Certificate.png)'s Red Seals (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png) lend themselves well to the late-game endless runs Seltzer is often used on, and the Gold Seal (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) effect can be retriggered.
• If you have enough XMult from other Jokers, Polychrome ({{xmult|1.5}} Joker (Polychrome).png) Cards or Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png), adding another retrigger Joker like Sock and Buskin (Retrigger all played {{hl|orange|face}} cards Play a total of {{hl|orange|300}} face cards Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Sock and Buskin.png) can be more valuable than adding another XMult Joker. 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 also be used for this purpose, more flexibly even.

• Copying cards with DNA (If {{hl|orange|first hand}} of round has only {{hl|orange|1}} card, add a permanent copy to deck and draw it to {{hl|orange|hand}} Rare Effect On Played DNA.png) will quickly use up Seltzer's retriggers.
• Jokers that incentivize playing many hands per round, 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) or Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png), will similarly cause Seltzer to be spent quickly.

• If a hand that is not allowed is played during The Psychic ( Boss The Psychic.png), The Mouth ( Boss The Mouth.png) or The Eye ( Boss The Eye.png), Seltzer will still lose a retrigger.

• The Non-Perishable ( ) challenge bans Seltzer.

• The Joker's art depicts a seltzer bottle, also known as a soda siphon. These were historically used by clowns to spray soda water as a prank, which was the initial inspiration for the Joker.^[1]
  • Despite this, the pop-up before disappearing will say "Drank!", tying in with its status as a Food Joker instead^[2].
  • The center of the bottle features a small Joker/Jimbo logo similar to those on Riff-Raff (When [[Blind|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected, create {{hl|orange|2}} [[Common Jokers|{{hl|blue|Common}} {{hl|orange|Jokers}}]] <br> {{room}} Common Effect On Blind Select Riff-Raff.png) and Baseball Card ([[Uncommon Jokers|{{hl|green|Uncommon}}]] Jokers each give {{xmult|1.5}} Rare Multiplicative Mult On Other Jokers Baseball Card.png).
  • Seltzer's effect to retrigger all scoring cards in a played hand could be a reference in needing to pull the bottle's trigger repeatedly to effectively spray water from the nozzle.
• In early demos of the game, Seltzer is referred to as "Selzer", which seems to be a spelling error. This is still true in internal references to the card within the game's code.
• This Joker is part of a group of "Consumable" Jokers that can be destroyed with usage, dubbed "Food Jokers" due to their shared theme. The other Jokers in this group are Ice Cream ({{Chips|+100}}<br>{{Chips|-5}} for every hand played Common Chips Independent Ice Cream.png), Popcorn ({{Mult|+20}} <br> {{Mult|-4}} per round played Common Additive Mult Independent Popcorn.png), Gros Michel ({{mult|+15}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 6}} chance this is destroyed at the end of round. Common Additive Mult Independent Gros Michel.png), Cavendish ({{xmult|3}} <br> {{hl|green|1 in 1000}} chance this card is destroyed at the end of round Common Multiplicative Mult Independent Cavendish.png), Egg (Gains {{Money|3}} of {{Hl|orange|sell value}} at end of round Common Economy N/A (Passive) Egg.png), Turtle Bean ({{hl|orange|+5}} hand size, reduces by {{hl|red|1}} each round Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Turtle Bean.png), Ramen ({{xmult|2}}, loses {{xmult|0.01}} per {{hl|orange|card}} discarded Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Ramen.png), and Diet Cola (Sell this card to create a free [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Diet Cola.png).^[3][4]

• Seltzer appears as a weapon in the Ante Chamber DLC of Vampire Survivors, albeit with the behavior of Fibonacci (Each played {{hl|orange|Ace}}, {{hl|orange|2}}, {{hl|orange|3}}, {{hl|orange|5}}, or {{hl|orange|8}} gives {{Mult|+8}} when scored Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Fibonacci.png).