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Skipping a blind bypasses the scoring phase for that blind as well as the Shop that would appear upon defeating the blind. Skipping a blind will grant you 1 of 24 Tags, shown next to the Skip Blind button. Only the Small Blind ( Standard Small Blind.png) and Big Blind ( Standard Big Blind.png) can be skipped.

While skipping a blind can occasionally be useful, it is generally ill-advised to do so. This is because it prevents accruing money from interest and extra hands, visiting the shop, scaling Jokers and hand levels, and deck fixing. Skipping is especially detrimental on Gold Stake, where economy, interest, and shop visits are vital to success. Because of this, the player should always determine whether the benefit of that blind's tag outweighs the massive downside of skipping a blind.

Skipping can be beneficial in some cases, however, like if the player has a joker such as Loyalty Card ({{xmult|4}} every {{hl|orange|6}} hands played<br>{{hl|grey|5 remaining}} Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Loyalty Card.png) which is set to trigger on the first or in some cases the second hand that is played, or if one or more of the player's Jokers has the Perishable () sticker and would become debuffed if the player does not skip the small and/or big blinds.

• Anaglyph Deck ( After defeating each [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Boss Blind}}]], gain a [[File:Double tag.png|24px]] [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Black}} difficulty or harder Anaglyph Deck.png) gives a Double Tag ( Double tag.png) when the Boss Blind is defeated, doubling the reward of any tag you get by skipping. Skipping blinds is the only way to utilize the Anaglyph Deck's upside.

• 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), Blast Off ( ), and Cruelty ( ) all remove the amount of Joker slots, so the only way to get more than 4/3 Jokers is to utilize Negative ({{hl|edition|+1}} Joker or Consumable slot Joker (Negative).png) Jokers. One method of doing this is by taking the Negative Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Negative}} edition Negative tag.png), which can be acquired by skipping a blind.

• 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) is the most obvious synergy with skipping, as it scales when skipping a blind. Throwback nullifies some of the downside of skipping a blind, but because blind skipping is generally not recommended, it can only be viable in certain situations.

• Diet Cola (Sell this card to create a free [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Diet Cola.png) is the only way to generate a tag outside of skipping, but the tag it gives, the Double Tag, can only be activated upon taking a different skip tag, acquired by skipping a blind. Therefore, a blind must be skipped to utilize Diet Cola.

• Any Joker that loses its values because of a certain action, (e.g. Turtle Bean ({{hl|orange|+5}} hand size, reduces by {{hl|red|1}} each round Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Turtle Bean.png), Ice Cream ({{Chips|+100}}<br>{{Chips|-5}} for every hand played Common Chips Independent Ice Cream.png), Ramen ({{xmult|2}}, loses {{xmult|0.01}} per {{hl|orange|card}} discarded Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Mixed Ramen.png), etc.) will benefit from skipping as it cannot lose value if a blind is not played.