Sock and Buskin

Sock and Buskin

Effect

Retrigger all played face cards

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Play a total of 300 face cards

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Retrigger

Activation

On Scored

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Sock and Buskin is an Uncommon Retrigger Joker that retriggers all face cards - Jacks, Queens, and Kings - that are scored in a hand. It does not retrigger face cards held in hand or a Red Seal (Retrigger this card {{hl|orange|1}} time Red Seal.png). For example, a Red Seal Jack will only activate three times: once for the initial trigger, once for the Red Seal, and then lastly, for Sock and Buskin. This Joker is unlocked after playing a total of 300 face cards.

• 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) may begin with a large amount of face cards dependent on RNG. It may also produce an initial deck with very few face cards, creating anti-synergy.
• Mad World ( ) works well with Sock and Buskin, as this deck starts with Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png) and Business Card (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards have a {{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to give {{Money|2}} when scored Common Economy On Scored Business_Card.png), allowing all cards to retrigger and generate more money from Business Card.

• 5-card hands such as Full House, Five of a Kind, Flush, Flush House, and Flush Five will let you retrigger the most amount of face cards.

• Hiker (Every played {{hl|orange|card}} permanently gains {{Chips|+5}} when scored Uncommon Chips On Scored Hiker.png) will permanently add an additional +5 Chips per face card, for a total of +10 Chips.
• Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png) will make it so all cards are retriggered.
• Business Card (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards have a {{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to give {{Money|2}} when scored Common Economy On Scored Business_Card.png) can retrigger and give you an additional $2 for each proc.
• Smiley Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{mult|+5}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Smiley Face.png) will add an additional +5 Mult per face card.
• Scary Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{Chips|+30}} when scored Common Chips On Scored Scary Face.png) will add an additional +30 Chips per face card.
• Triboulet (Played Kings and Queens each give {{xmult|2}} when scored Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult On Scored Triboulet.png) will add an additional X2 Mult per King or Queen.
• Photograph (First played {{hl|orange|face}} card gives {{xmult|2}} when scored Common Multiplicative Mult On Scored Photograph.png) will add an additional X2 Mult on the first face card, for a total of X4 Mult.
• Bloodstone ({{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance for played cards with {{suit|Heart}} suit to give {{xmult|1.5}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Heart}} suit in your deck Uncommon Multiplicative Mult On Scored Bloodstone.png) might give an additional X1.5 Mult for each  Heart face card, which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s (Doubles all [[listed probabilities|{{hl|orange|listed}} {{hl|green|probabilities}}]] <br> {{hl|grey|(ex: {{hl|green|1 in 3}} -> {{hl|green|2 in 3}})}} In one hand, earn at least {{hl|orange|10,000}} chips Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Oops!_All_6s.png).
  • Other suit-based Jokers like Onyx Agate (Played cards with {{Suit|Club}} suit give {{mult|+7}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Club}} suit in your deck Uncommon Additive Mult On Scored Onyx Agate.png), Greedy Joker (Played cards with {{Suit|Diamond}} suit give {{Mult|+3}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Greedy Joker.png), Arrowhead (Played cards with {{suit|Spade}} suit give {{Chips|+50}} when scored Have at least {{hl|orange|30}} cards with {{hl|orange|Spade}} suit in your deck Uncommon Chips On Scored Arrowhead.png), etc. can benefit if your face cards have the corresponding suit.
• Tarot generating Jokers, like 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) and Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png), are needed for deck manipulation to draw Face cards more reliably. It will also help modify Face cards to make them more valuable during the retrigger (ex. retriggering a Bonus ({{hl|blue|+30}} extra chips Bonus Card.png) Jack).
• If one has enough XMult from their cards, another retrigger Joker is very useful to combine with Sock and Buskin. This will usually be either Dusk (Retrigger all played cards in {{hl|orange|final hand}} of the round Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Dusk.png) or Seltzer (Retrigger all cards played for the next {{hl|orange|10}} hands Uncommon Retrigger On Scored Seltzer.png), though 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 to copy Sock and Buskin for a less conditional retrigger. One can also use Showman ([[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]], [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]], [[Planet Cards|{{hl|cyan|Planet}}]], and [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] cards may appear multiple times Reach Ante level {{hl|orange|4}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Showman.png) to try and find another Sock and Buskin.
• Trading Card (If {{hl|orange|first discard}} of round has only {{hl|orange|1}} card, destroy it and earn {{Money|3}} Uncommon Economy On Discard Trading Card.png) and 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) make it easier to draw your useful Face cards. DNA is particularly useful, as it can copy a powerful Face card with an enhancement, edition, and seal.
• 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) can scale twice as fast since the Lucky Cards ({{hl|green|1 in 5}} chance for {{mult|+20}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 15}} chance to win {{money|20}} Lucky Card.png) Face cards it will be using to scale have twice as many chances to earn +20 Mult or $20.
• As Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png) are substantially powerful with Sock and Buskin's retriggers, 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 nice addition to still get value when they break.
• 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) can be used to try and find a Face card (or a 10 that can be Strength (Increases rank of up to {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards by {{hl|orange|1}} Available from start. Tarot Strength.png)ened) with a powerful seal, or a Purple Seal (Creates a {{Tarot|}} card when {{hl|orange|discarded}}<br>{{room}} Purple Seal.png) to generate Tarots for the Face cards. However, if it adds too many non-Face cards, Sock and Buskin will become less valuable, so the risk and reward must be carefully assessed.

• 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 Medusa ( ) both have anti-synergy since they contain no face cards by default.

• Canio (This Joker gains {{xmult|1}} when a {{hl|orange|face}} card is destroyed <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Find this [[Jokers|Joker]] from the [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Soul}}]] card. Legendary Multiplicative Mult Mixed Canio.png) encourages the player to destroy face cards, which doesn't work well with Sock and Buskin.

• Straights, although being a five-card hand, can only let you play up to 3 face cards.

• The Plant ( Boss The Plant.png) debuffs all face cards, rendering Sock and Buskin useless for the round.

• Sock and buskin are ancient symbols of comedy and tragedy.
  • Traditionally, the two masks of Comedy and Tragedy are known as Thalia and Melpomene.