Superposition

Superposition

Effect

Create a Tarot card if poker hand contains an Ace and a Straight
(Must have room)

Rarity

Common

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

4

Sell Price

2

Type

Effect

Activation

Independent

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✓ Yes

Eternal

✓ Yes

Superposition is a Common Effect Joker that will gift you a Tarot card whenever you can play a Straight that contains Aces: either Ace/K/Q/J/10 or Ace/2/3/4/5. This also includes Straight Flush and Royal Flush.

• Red Deck ( {{hl|red|+1}} discard every round Unlocked from start Red Deck.png) gives an extra discard, allowing the player to search for Straights with an Ace easier.
• Blue Deck ( {{hl|blue|+1}} hand every round Discover at least {{hl|orange|20}} items from your [[collection]] Blue Deck.png) gives an extra hand, allowing the player to generate more Tarot Cards.
• 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) gives extra hand size, which can help the player with forming Straights with an Ace.
• 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) makes it impossible to get an A/K/Q/J/10 Straight, but about three times easier to assemble an A/2/3/4/5 Straight.

• Straight with an Ace.
• Straight Flush (and Royal Flush) with an Ace.

• Shortcut (Allows {{ph|Straights}} to be made with gaps of {{hl|orange|1 rank}} <br> {{hl|gray|(ex: {{hl|orange|10 8 6 5 3}})}} Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Shortcut.png): Normally, there are only two possible straights that contain an ace: A/2/3/4/5 and 10/J/Q/K/A. This makes it relatively difficult to trigger Superposition. Shortcut, however, allows straights to skip single cards, vastly increasing the number of ways this joker can be triggered.
• Four Fingers (All {{ph|Flushes}} and {{ph|Straights}} can be made with 4 cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Four Fingers.png): Similarly, though to a lesser extent, Four Fingers makes it easier to trigger Superposition by reducing the requirements for a straight to just 4 consecutive cards instead of 5.
  • Mathematically, assuming a standard 52-card deck: the number of 5-card hands that trigger Superposition increases by a factor of 12 with the addition of Four Fingers, a factor of 16 with the addition of Shortcut, and a factor of 84 with both. Meanwhile, the chance of getting any straight at all increases by a factor of 12.2 with the addition of Four Fingers, a factor of 12.8 with the addition of Shortcut, and a factor of 76.3 with both.
  • Be aware that the Ace must score for Superposition to trigger. 5/6/7/8/A will not trigger Superposition with only Four Fingers, though it will with both Four Fingers and Splash (Every {{hl|orange|played card}} counts in scoring Common Effect N/A (Passive) Splash.png).
• Jokers that give bonuses from playing Straights, like Devious Joker ({{Chips|+100}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} Common Chips Independent Devious Joker.png), Runner (Gains {{Chips|+15}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} <br> {{Currently|{{chips|+0}}}} Common Chips Mixed Runner.png), Crazy Joker ({{Mult|+12}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} Common Additive Mult Independent Crazy Joker.png), and The Order ({{xmult|3}} if played hand contains a {{ph|Straight}} Win a run without playing a {{ph|Straight}}. Rare Multiplicative Mult Independent The Order.png), all work well with Superposition.
• Scholar (Played {{hl|orange|Aces}} give {{chips|+20}} and {{mult|+4}} when scored Common Chips and Additive Mult On Scored Scholar.png) and Walkie Talkie (Each played {{hl|orange|10}} or {{hl|orange|4}} gives {{chips|+10}} and {{mult|+4}} when scored Common Chips and Additive Mult On Scored Walkie_Talkie.png): Will give additional chips and Mult, as Straights triggering the Superposition effect will always contain an Ace, plus a 10 or 4.

• 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 the player to generate more Tarot Cards.
• 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, allowing the player to search for Straights with an Ace 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 Straights with an Ace.

• 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) can make it difficult to use Superposition, as the randomized rank and suit makes it harder to form Straights.
• 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) has slight anti-synergy, as 1 less available hand makes it slightly harder to find Straights. However, it is easier to take Superposition, as it is less likely to take up a crucial Joker slot needed for survival.
• 15 Minute City ( ) and Mad World ( ) are not recommended, as these decks don't contain any Aces by default.
• Five-Card Draw ( )'s -3 hand size makes it extremely hard to assemble Straights with an Ace.

• Jokers that reduce hand size, like Stuntman ({{Chips|+250}},<br>{{hl|orange|-2}} hand size Earn at least 100 million (100,000,000) Chips in a single hand. Rare Chips Independent Stuntman.png) and Merry Andy ({{hl|red|+3}} discards each round, <br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Win a run in {{hl|orange|12}} or fewer rounds Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Merry_Andy.png), have anti-synergy with Superposition, as a smaller hand size makes it harder to assemble Straights with an Ace.

• Ectoplasm (Add [[Card Modifiers#Editions|{{hl|edition|Negative}}]] to a random {{hl|orange|Joker,}} {{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ectoplasm.png) and Ouija (Converts all cards in hand to a single random [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|rank}}]]<br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ouija.png) have anti-synergy with Superposition, as a smaller hand size makes it harder to assemble Straight with an Ace. Not only that, but Ouija (Converts all cards in hand to a single random [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|rank}}]]<br>{{hl|red|-1}} hand size Available from start. Spectral Ouija.png) converts all cards held in hand into one single rank, which makes assembling Straights with an Ace less consistent.

• The Manacle ( Boss The Manacle.png)'s -1 hand size makes it hard to assemble Straights with an Ace.
• The Water ( Boss The Water.png) will always start with 0 discards, making it very hard to assemble Straights with an Ace.

• In quantum mechanics, superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured. In Balatro, Aces can be either high or low depending on the rest of the hand. The sprite of this Joker resembles an electron, which can only have +1/2 or -1/2 spin, similar to how Aces can only form high or low straights.
• The background of the Joker art for Superposition contains a repeating pattern of 𝜓 (psi) and ${\displaystyle \overrightarrow{\lambda }}$ (lambda with right arrow above). According to LocalThunk, this is a reference to eigenvalue equation ${\displaystyle \hat{A}{\psi }_i={\lambda }_i{\psi }_i}$,^[1] a cornerstone of quantum mechanics about measurement and the nature of quantum states. 𝜓 is the eigenfunction/eigenstate (a specific quantum state of the system), and 𝜆 is the eigenvalue (value of measuring the observable quantity under this state), which could be a vector. Superposition means the system can be in multiple eigenstates at the same time.

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.