Steel Joker

Steel Joker

Effect

Gives X0.2 Mult for each Steel Card in your full deck
(Currently X1 Mult)

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Spawn Condition

Only obtainable if there is at least 1 Steel Card in the player's deck.

Stats

Buy Price

7

Sell Price

3

Type

Multiplicative Mult

Activation

Independent

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Steel Joker is an Uncommon Multiplicative Mult Joker that gives X0.2 Mult for each Steel Card ({{xmult|1.5}} while this card stays in hand Steel Card.png) in your full deck. This Joker can only appear if you have at least one Steel Card in your full deck.

It can be a top-tier multiplier card, assuming you can put lots of Steel cards into your deck. The combination of Steel cards in hand plus the high multiplier of Steel Joker can easily create high scoring hands. Getting Steel cards into your deck is the biggest challenge with this Joker. You will need to invest heavily in booster packs.

To synergize with the Steel Joker, there are two approaches: one is to maximize the number of Steel cards in the deck, and the second is to maximize the scoring potential of the Steel cards that will be in your hand. In general, Steel cards benefit from having a high base multiplier after scoring the cards, since Steel cards act before any Jokers. As such, planet cards and Jokers that add multiplier upon scoring cards can help boost scores.

Steel Joker works well with all decks, but Steel Joker is particularly well suited to the 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). Since the combination of multipliers between Steel Joker and Steel cards can significantly boost mult well beyond any possible chip combinations, Plasma helps turn that high mult into a much higher score.

Steel cards tends to work best with smaller hand types (high card, pair, etc.). This allows you to keep more cards in hand, capitalizing on the many Steel cards in the deck.

There are only a few good direct synergies with Steel Joker:

• 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) is very helpful, as it can be used to duplicate Steel cards each round.
• Mime (Retrigger all card {{hl|orange|held in hand}} abilities Uncommon Retrigger On Held Mime.png) retriggers all "in hand" cards, which should include many Steel cards.
• Tarot creating Jokers such as Vagabond (Create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card if hand is played with {{Money|4}} or less Rare Effect Independent Vagabond.png), 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) or Hallucination ({{hl|green|1 in 2}} chance to create a [[Tarot Cards|{{hl|purple|Tarot}}]] card when any [[Booster Packs|{{hl|orange|Booster Pack}}]] is opened <br> {{room}} Common Effect N/A (Passive) Hallucination.png) can create some of the tarot cards described in the Consumables section below.

Some other potential synergies include:

• Burnt Joker (Upgrade the level of the first {{hl|orange|discarded}} poker hand each round Sell 50 cards. Rare Effect On Discard Burnt Joker.png) will upgrade the level of the first discarded Poker hand. This allows you to easily level up a hand without buying planet cards, increasing the base multiplier. This can be useful if you're going for a High Card build.
• Any + Mult joker that triggers before the steel multipliers, such as 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), 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) or Smiley Face (Played {{hl|orange|face}} cards give {{mult|+5}} when scored Common Additive Mult On Scored Smiley Face.png) can help with scoring when not having a lot of Steel cards yet.

Steel Joker requires lots of Steel cards to maximize its value. Use Tarot and Spectral cards to boost the amount of Steel cards you have:

• The Chariot (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Steel Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Chariot.png) enhances one card into a Steel card.
• Death (Select {{hl|orange|2}} cards, convert the {{hl|orange|left}} card into the {{hl|orange|right}} card<br>{{hl|gray|(Drag to rearrange)}} Available from start. Tarot Death.png) can be used to duplicate a Steel card.
• Familiar (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|3}} random [[Card Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Face cards|{{hl|orange|face cards}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Familiar.png), Grim (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|2}} random [[Card Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Aces|{{hl|orange|Aces}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Grim.png), and Incantation (Destroy {{hl|orange|1}} random card in your hand, add {{hl|orange|4}} random [[Card_Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|orange|Enhanced}}]] [[Card Ranks#Number cards|{{hl|orange|numbered cards}}]] to your hand Available from start. Spectral Incantation.png) all have a chance to create Steel cards but might destroy a Steel card in the process.
• Cryptid (Create {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in your hand Available from start. Spectral Cryptid.png) can be used to create copies of a Steel card.
• All Playing Card Packs have a chance to contain Steel cards.

Apart from turning cards into steel, there are other consumable cards that pair well with the Steel enhancement:

• Deja Vu (Add a [[Red Seal|{{hl|red|Red Seal}}]] to {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in your hand Available from start. Spectral Deja Vu.png) can add a red seal to a Steel card. This will retrigger the card, adding another X1.5 Mult to the multiplier.

• Illusion ({{hl|orange|Playing cards}} in shop may have an [[Card Modifiers#Enhancements|{{hl|sblue|Enhancement}}]], [[Card Modifiers#Edition|{{hl|edition|Edition}}]], and/or a [[Card Modifiers#Seal|{{hl|orange|Seal}}]] Buy a total of 20 Playing cards from the shop Upgraded Illusion.png) can have a chance for Steel Cards to appear in the shop, which can be bought to scale Steel Joker. This can be further increased with help from Overstock ({{hl|orange|+1}} card slot available in shop Base Overstock.png) and Overstock Plus ({{hl|orange|+1}} card slot available in shop Spend a total of {{Money|2500}} at the shop Upgraded Overstock Plus.png) to increase the shop selection, plus Reroll Surplus (Rerolls cost {{Money|2}} less Base Reroll Surplus.png) and Reroll Glut (Rerolls cost an additional {{Money|2}} less Reroll the shop a total of 100 times Upgraded Reroll Glut.png) to make rerolling cheaper.

• Steel Joker's image is identical to the base Joker ({{Mult|+4}} Common Additive Mult Independent Joker.png), but with a Steel card skin applied. Unlike playing cards, which retain their color when steeled, Steel Joker is entirely grayscale.
• This Joker is part of a series, along with Stone Joker (Gives {{Chips|+25}} for each [[Stone Card|{{hl|orange|Stone Card}}]] in your {{hl|orange|full deck}} <br> {{Currently|{{Chips|+0}}}} Uncommon Chips Independent Stone Joker.png), 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), Golden Ticket (Played [[Gold Cards|{{hl|orange|Gold}}]] cards earn {{Money|4}} when scored Play a 5 card hand that contains only {{hl|orange|Gold}} cards Common Economy On Scored Golden Ticket.png) and 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), where the Joker only appears once players have at least one card with the relevant enhancement in their deck.

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