Tags

Tags are rewards you can receive for skipping a Small Blind ( Standard Small Blind.png) or Big Blind ( Standard Big Blind.png). Depending on the type of tag, it may trigger immediately or it may not trigger until a certain gamestate or condition is met (for example, the next time you visit the Shop). There are 24 different Tags available, with only 15 being available in Ante 1. The player can keep stacking multiple Tags until they're used. The Tags will trigger starting from the oldest tag acquired and the newest one will be the last. In-game, the Tags are displayed with the newest on the top of the stack.

The Diet Cola (Sell this card to create a free [[Tags|{{hl|orange|Double Tag}}]] Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Diet Cola.png) Joker and the 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) are the only other way to create a tag, specifically, the Double Tag ( Double tag.png). It is technically also possible to create a Double Tag by using Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png) or Brainstorm (Copies the ability of leftmost [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Discard a {{ph|Royal Flush}}. Rare Effect Brainstorm.png) to copy Diet Cola, and then sell them, though this is generally not recommended.

The chance for each Tag to appear is the same. The same Tag can appear multiple times during a single run and even during the same Ante. However, during Ante 1, the Negative Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Negative}} edition Negative tag.png), Standard Tag ( Standard tag.png), Meteor Tag ( Meteor tag.png), Buffoon Tag ( Buffoon tag.png), Handy Tag ( Handy tag.png), Garbage Tag ( Garbage tag.png), Ethereal Tag ( Ethereal tag.png), Top-up Tag ( Top-up tag.png), and Orbital Tag ( Orbital tag.png) cannot be encountered.

Five Tags also have a hidden unlock requirement: for the Rare Tag ( Discover {{J|Blueprint}} Rare tag.png) you need to have discovered Blueprint (Copies ability of [[Jokers|{{Hl|orange|Joker}}]] to the right Win a run Rare Effect Blueprint.png), and for the Negative Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Negative}} edition Negative tag.png), Foil Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Foil}} edition Foil tag.png), Holographic Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Holographic}} edition Holographic tag.png) and Polychrome Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Polychrome}} edition Polychrome tag.png) you need to have discovered their respective editions.

Image	Name	Description	Ante
	Boss Tag	Rerolls the Boss Blind	Any
	Buffoon Tag	Gives a free Mega Buffoon Pack	2+
	Charm Tag	Gives a free Mega Arcana Pack	Any
	Coupon Tag	Initial cards and booster packs in next shop are free	Any
	D6 Tag	Rerolls in next shop start at $0	Any
	Double Tag	Gives a copy of the next selected Tag Double Tag excluded	Any
	Economy Tag	Doubles your money (Max of $40)	Any
	Ethereal Tag	Gives a free Spectral Pack	2+
	Foil Tag	Next base edition shop Joker is free and becomes Foil	Any
	Garbage Tag	Gives $1 per unused discard this run (Will give $0)	2+
	Handy Tag	Gives $1 per played hand this run (Will give $0)	2+
	Holographic Tag	Next base edition shop Joker is free and becomes Holographic	Any
	Investment Tag	Gain $25 after defeating the next Boss Blind.	Any
	Juggle Tag	+3 hand size next round	Any
	Meteor Tag	Gives a free Mega Celestial Pack	2+
	Negative Tag	Next base edition shop Joker is free and becomes Negative	2+
	Orbital Tag	Upgrade [poker hand] by 3 levels	2+
	Polychrome Tag	Next base edition shop Joker is free and becomes Polychrome	Any
	Rare Tag	Shop has a free Rare Joker	Any
	Speed Tag	Gives $5 per skipped Blind this run (Will give $5)	Any
	Standard Tag	Gives a free Mega Standard Pack	2+
	Top-up Tag	Create up to 2 Common Jokers (Must have room)	2+
	Uncommon Tag	Shop has a free Uncommon Joker	Any
	Voucher Tag	Adds one Voucher to the next shop	Any

• Although skipping for certain tags may add significant value to your run (especially when the player has multiple double tags), it is generally not worth it to skip multiple blinds in a run. There is immense value in playing each round: seeing an extra shop, cashing out an extra time and scaling up your jokers usually has more value than most skip tags would provide. Skipping blinds should only be done if the player believes that the value from the skip tag exceeds the value from playing the round.
• Skipping Small Blind ( Standard Small Blind.png)s and Big Blind ( Standard Big Blind.png)s to acquire Tags works well with 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), since that joker gains X0.25 Mult for each skipped blind. Even if the player does not have throwback when skipping, Throwback will still scale when blinds are skipped, allowing the player to pick up Throwback later and have it already be scaled.
• Jokers that benefit from fewer hands and/or rounds played can benefit from skipping as well.
  • This includes Jokers that can have diminishing returns as the run goes on like: Popcorn ({{Mult|+20}} <br> {{Mult|-4}} per round played Common Additive Mult Independent Popcorn.png), 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), etc.
  • Jokers that have Perishable stickers that are key to a build can be preserved longer by skipping more blinds.

See also: Unused content in Balatro

These Tags were only present in various demo versions of the game.

Tag	Name	Benefit
	Gold Seal	The next shop will have a Gold Seal (Earn {{money|3}} when this card is played and scores Gold Seal.png) card.
	Enhanced	The next shop will have a Enhanced card.

• Before Tags were introduced (in 0.8.7), the rewards for skipping Blind were simply called "skip rewards", many of which later became Tags.^[1]
• In the first demo, the Rare Joker Tag and all Edition Tags ( Foil Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Foil}} edition Foil tag.png), Holographic Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Holographic}} edition Holographic tag.png), Polychrome Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Polychrome}} edition Polychrome tag.png), Negative Tag ( Discover the {{edition|Negative}} edition Negative tag.png)) only had a chance to trigger, with failure resulting in the tag popping with the same "Nope!" sound effect as when The Wheel of Fortune ({{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to add [[Foil|{{hl|edition|Foil}}]], [[Holographic|{{hl|edition|Holographic}}]], or [[Polychrome|{{hl|edition|Polychrome}}]] edition to a random [[Jokers|{{hl|orange|Joker}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Wheel of Fortune.png) fails. This design was proven to be very unpopular as skipped Tags rarely ever hit, meaning players had pretty much no incentive to take them. By the time the second demo was released, these Tags have been overhauled to be guaranteed, making them much more effective and sometimes worth taking.
• If there are no Tags available, Handy Tag ( Handy tag.png) will be generated by default. However, this is impossible in normal games.
• Before Update 0.9.3i, the effects of Handy Tag ( Handy tag.png) / Garbage Tag ( Garbage tag.png) were starting round with an extra 2 Hands/2 Discards. This is changed in later versions.

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