Vampire

Vampire

Effect

This Joker gains X0.1 Mult per scoring Enhanced card played, removes card Enhancement
(Currently X1 Mult)

Rarity

Uncommon

Unlock Requirement

Available from start.

Stats

Buy Price

7

Sell Price

3

Type

Multiplicative Mult

Activation

Mixed

Compatibility

Copyable

✓ Yes

Perishable

✗ No

Eternal

✓ Yes

Vampire is an Uncommon scaling Multiplicative Mult Joker that removes Enhancements from your scored cards and permanently gains X0.1 Mult for each Enhancements when it does. It starts at X1 Mult. It removes Enhancements before their effect occurs, meaning that the enhancement will not affect your hand's score.

Vampire removes Enhancements before their effect occurs, meaning the Enhancements cannot activate. All scored cards will get their Enhancements removed. Vampire also cannot change the type of Poker Hand retroactively, for example removing Wild (Can be used as any suit Wild Card.png) would still keep the Poker Hand as Flush.

There are a few notable playing card interactions:

• Debuffed: Debuffed cards are considered not to have any Modifier including Enhancements, so Vampire cannot remove Enhancements from debuffed cards.
• Wild Cards (Can be used as any suit Wild Card.png): wild enhancement gets removed, the card scores if it would have scored for the original hand, and the type of hand played is not affected.
• Glass Cards ({{xmult|2}}<br>{{hl|green|1 in 4}} chance to destroy card Glass Card.png): glass enhancement gets removed, no X2 Mult, and there is no chance for the card to break.
• Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png): stone enhancement gets removed and card returns to what it originally was, no +50 Chips, but card will always score for this hand (the type of hand played is not affected).
• Editions: Editions are not Enhancements, will not get removed by Vampire, and work normally.
• Seals: Seals are not Enhancements, will not get removed by Vampire, and work normally.

The Joker order matters significantly when using certain other Jokers with Vampire:

• A second Vampire (): only the left-most Vampire can remove enhancements and scale at any time (regardless of how many Midas Masks are used).
• Midas Mask (All played {{hl|orange|face}} cards become [[Gold Cards|{{hl|orange|Gold}}]] cards when scored Uncommon Effect On Played Midas_Mask.png):
  • Putting Midas Mask before Vampire results in all scoring face cards turning Gold ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png), then feeding vampire, leaving them unenhanced.
  • Putting Vampire before Midas Mask results in all scoring enhanced face cards feeding vampire, then turning gold.
  • Putting a Midas Mask before Vampire, and a second Midas Mask after Vampire results in all scoring face cards turning gold, then feeding Vampire, then turning gold again.
• 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) copies an enhanced card if Vampire is after DNA, but copies the unenhanced card if Vampire is before DNA.
• Ride the Bus (This Joker gains {{Mult|+1}} per {{hl|orange|consecutive}} hand played without a scoring {{hl|orange|face}} card <br> {{Currently|{{Mult|+0}}}} Common Additive Mult Mixed Ride the Bus.png) resets if Vampire is before Ride the Bus and removes the Stone enhancement from a face card. Ride the Bus does not reset if Vampire is positioned after Ride the Bus.
• 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) only works if there is a Midas Mask positioned after Vampire, with the positioning of Golden Ticket itself having no impact.

Due to the need of constantly finding enhanced cards to feed the Vampire, the Zodiac Deck ( Start run with {{V|Tarot Merchant|class=hl-purple}}, {{V|Planet Merchant|class=hl-cyan}}, and {{V|Overstock|class=hl-orange}} Win a run with any [[Decks|deck]] on the {{Stake|Red}} difficulty or harder Zodiac Deck.png), Magic Deck ( Start run with the {{V|Crystal Ball|class=hl-purple}} voucher and {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{tarot|The Fool}} Win a run with the {{D|Red}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Magic Deck.png) or the 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) will work well for the vampire.

Additionally, the Ghost Deck ( [[Spectral Cards|{{hl|sblue|Spectral}}]] cards may appear in the shop, start with a {{spectral|Hex}} card Win a run with the {{D|Yellow}} on [[Stakes|any difficulty]] Ghost Deck.png) also provides good utility to find Enhancements for the Vampire to feed upon. Spectral cards such as 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), 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) or 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) will provide a net positive in enhanced cards even though the deck will become larger as a result. Cards such as Aura (Add [[Foil|{{hl|edition|Foil}}]], [[Holographic|{{hl|edition|Holographic}}]], or [[Polychrome|{{hl|edition|Polychrome}}]] effect to {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in hand Available from start. Spectral Aura.png) also provide utility in that the edition of a card does not get eaten by the vampire: a Holographic ({{mult|+10}} Joker (Holographic).png) card stays holographic after the hand is played, hence increasing the base mult of the hand.

Medusa ( ) and Monolith ( ) Challenge Decks both starts with a Marble Joker (Adds one [[Stone Cards|{{hl|orange|Stone}}]] card to the deck when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Marble Joker.png), which Vampire can use it as an enhancement generator to scale easier. Not only that, Medusa ( ) also starts with 12 Stone Cards ({{chips|+50}}<br>no rank or suit Stone Card.png).

Since this joker will consume the Enhancements before they get applied, hands with a high base mult are preferred.

• Flush Five
• Flush House
• Five of a Kind
• Straight Flush
• Full House
• Flush
• Four of a Kind

Vampire combos well with jokers that either generate Tarot Cards, or enhancements themselves (such as Midas Mask (All played {{hl|orange|face}} cards become [[Gold Cards|{{hl|orange|Gold}}]] cards when scored Uncommon Effect On Played Midas_Mask.png)) to generate a steady supply of Enhancements to eat.

If using the Midas Mask combo, the order will affect this. If the Midas Mask is placed first, face cards will be changed to Gold Cards ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png), and the Vampire will immediately consume the effect to increase its multiplier. However, if the Midas Mask is placed after the Vampire, the cards are made golden without consuming the effect. Thus, players could create infinite enhancement supplies for Vampire either by having Midas Mask turn face cards to Gold Cards ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png) first then Vampire consumes them, or have some Gold Cards ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png) in advance and have Vampire consume them, and they immediately turns into Gold Cards ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png) again by Midas Mask. Pareidolia (All cards are considered {{hl|orange|face}} cards Uncommon Effect N/A (Passive) Pareidolia.png) can be used with Midas Mask so that all scored cards turn into Gold Cards ({{money|3}} if this card is held in hand at end of round Gold Card.png), giving Vampire even more mult.

Jokers such as 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) or Marble Joker (Adds one [[Stone Cards|{{hl|orange|Stone}}]] card to the deck when [[Blinds|{{hl|orange|Blind}}]] is selected Uncommon Effect On Blind Select Marble Joker.png) also provide a good source of Enhancements (as you can play a single enhanced card with DNA before Vampire to copy it with its enhancement before feeding the Vampire).

Splash (Every {{hl|orange|played card}} counts in scoring Common Effect N/A (Passive) Splash.png) is a useful supporting Joker that guarantees five enhanced cards to be scored, in the event that they can't form a five-card hand. If used with Midas Mask and Pareidolia, all 5 scored cards can become gold and give Vampire X0.5 Mult per hand.

Since only the left-most of two held Vampire ()s can scale, it is recommended to continuously swap them around, keeping them at the same Mult to get the best score possible.

Vampire requires a large amount of enhanced cards to scale, therefore consumables that adds enhancement are important to scale this Joker fast:

• The Magician (Enhances {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards to [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Lucky Cards}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Magician.png), The Empress (Enhances {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards to [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Mult Cards}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Empress.png) and The Hierophant (Enhances {{hl|orange|2}} selected cards to [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Bonus Cards}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Hierophant.png) are preferred as they enhance up to 2 cards at once.
• The Lovers (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Wild Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Lovers.png), The Chariot (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Steel Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Chariot.png), The Devil (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Gold Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Devil.png), Justice (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Glass Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot Justice.png), and The Tower (Enhances {{hl|orange|1}} selected card into a [[Card Modifiers|{{hl|orange|Stone Card}}]] Available from start. Tarot The Tower.png) are a good alternate pick up that enhance 1 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 an enhanced card as well.
• 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) are useful to increase enhanced cards number, but be wary that they could also destroy an enhanced card in your hand as well.
• Cryptid (Create {{hl|orange|2}} copies of {{hl|orange|1}} selected card in your hand Available from start. Spectral Cryptid.png) can be used on an already enhanced card.

• Tarot Merchant ({{Tarot|}} cards appear {{hl|orange|2X}} more frequently in the shop Base Tarot Merchant.png) and Tarot Tycoon ({{Tarot|}} cards appear {{hl|orange|4X}} more frequently in the shop Buy a total of 50 Tarot cards from the shop Upgraded Tarot Tycoon.png) may also prove useful to find more tarot cards to apply enhancement with.
• 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) allows the player to buy enhancement cards in the Shop, which can also be useful to provides additional enhancement cards to feed the Vampire with. 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.

• The Bram Poker ( ) challenge starts the player with an Eternal () copy of Vampire.
• The Fragile ( ) challenge bans Vampire.

• Vampire's effect reflects vampirism. It drains enhancements from cards, growing stronger while leaving them weaker.
• As compared to Joker ({{Mult|+4}} Common Additive Mult Independent Joker.png), the coloring of Vampire's eye and mouth makeup are swapped. This is likely to make his fangs more distinct.
• Vampire is the fourth Joker after Jimbo, Odd Todd (Played cards with [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|odd}}]] rank give {{Chips|+31}} when scored <br> {{hl|gray|(A, 9, 7, 5, 3)}} Common Chips On Scored Odd Todd.png), and Even Steven (Played cards with [[Card Ranks|{{hl|orange|even}}]] rank give {{Mult|+4}} when scored <br> {{hl|gray|(10, 8, 6, 4, 2)}} Common Additive Mult On Scored Even Steven.png) to get a plush as merchandise from Makeship.^[1]

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