Spare Trousers

Spare Trousers

Effect

This Joker gains +2 Mult if played hand contains a Two Pair
(Currently +0 Mult)

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

6

Sell Price

3

Type

Additive Mult

Activation

Mixed

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✗ No

Eternal

✓ Yes

Spare Trousers is an Uncommon scaling Additive Mult Joker that adds Mult to played hands. The amount of Mult added begins at +0 and is permanently increased by +2 when the player plays a hand that contains a Two Pair (including Full House and Flush House).

• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png): +1 Discard, making it easier to assemble Two Pairs.
• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png): +1 Hand per round, allowing more chances to scale.
• 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): The +2 hand size makes it much more likely to draw Two Pairs.
• 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 ( ): Easier to assemble Two Pairs thanks to their lower number of cards.

Spare Trousers's additive Mult increases by +2 any time the player plays a Poker Hand that contains a Two Pair. A Two Pair, a Full House, or a Flush House will always trigger this increase, even if any of the cards are debuffed by a Boss Blind. A Flush may also trigger this increase if it is assembled in such a way that it also contains a Two Pair; for example, a valid Flush for Spare Trousers would be K K J 9 9 with a matching suit.

• Square Joker (This Joker gains {{Chips|+4}} if played hand has exactly {{hl|orange|4}} cards <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|0}}}} Common Chips Mixed Square_Joker.png): +4 Chips any time a played hand consists of exactly four cards. Since a standard Two Pair is exactly four cards, the player can strengthen both Square Joker and Spare Trousers at the same time.
• Space Joker ({{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to upgrade level of played [[Poker Hands|{{hl|orange|poker hand}}]] Uncommon Effect On Played Space Joker.png): Like with Supernova, the repeated playing of Two Pair synergizes well with this Joker.
• Card Sharp ({{xmult|3}} if played {{hl|orange|poker hand}} has already been played this round Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Independent Card_Sharp.png): Because it's unlikely to win with one Two Pair hand, Card Sharp will provide an additional X3 Mult on subsequent Two Pair hands.
• Obelisk (This Joker gains {{xmult|0.2}} per {{hl|orange|consecutive}} hand played without playing your most played {{hl|orange|poker hand}} <br> {{currently|{{xmult|1}}}} Rare Multiplicative Mult Mixed Obelisk.png): While potentially a detriment if acquired alongside Spare Trousers at the start, this Joker will allow for an extreme power spike in the mid-to-late game, where it is much easier to pivot from an overplayed Two Pair to hands like Flushes and Full Houses.
• The Duo ({{xmult|2}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Pair}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Pair}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The Duo.png): The Duo will always trigger and provide X2 Mult on a Two Pair, Full House and a Flush House poker hand, synergizing will with the flat Mult provided by Spare Trousers.

• 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 Spare Trousers 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, which allows the player to search for Two Pair 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 Two Pairs.
• 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 Two Pair using Uranus (Increases {{ph|Two Pair}} hand value by {{mult|+1}} and {{chips|+20}} Available from start. Planet Uranus.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 Spare Trousers due to their reduced number of hands.

Four of a Kind, Five of a Kind, and Flush Five do not trigger Spare Trousers' increase.

• The Eye ( Boss The Eye.png) will only allow the player to play any given Poker Hand once, limiting the scaling opportunities for Spare Trousers.

Spare Trousers' usefulness is comparable to a bell curve over time. Initially, Spare Trousers has no bonus, and the player needs to play a Two Pair hand for it to have any benefit at all. Since any played hand can only ever include one Two Pair at a time, it can potentially take numerous hands and rounds of a run to build up Spare Trousers to a point where it feels strong. In other words, Spare Trousers requires a significant time investment, plus a conscious effort to play as many Two Pair hands as possible. Furthermore, since it can only be increased by +2 Mult per hand at most, in the late game (beginning around Ante level 7 and higher) the player runs the risk of being unable to increase Spare Trousers quickly enough to keep it viable. Usually, the player can raise Spare Trousers to around +40 Mult by the time they reach Ante level 8, but if Spare Trousers was the centerpiece of their build, they may struggle against the Showdown Blind and any subsequent Boss Blinds. Using Planet Cards to level up Spare Trousers' applicable hands can partially compensate for the joker's late-game strength falloff.

• The background of the card art consists of a pattern of little trousers (also called pants in some parts of the world).
• The name of this Joker could be a play on the fact that having a spare pair of trousers also means that you have Two Pairs of trousers, hence its effect revolving around Two Pair hands.