Upgrade an Ace to a 2?

[TowerWizard]

If I use "strength" on an Ace (with the Cerulean Bell boss that forces the use of a card) I would assume it would stay an ace, but it "upgraded" into a 2. Is this intentional?

[Cage2k4]

It is Intentional

[TowerWizard]

Ah. Ok.

Follow-up question in the sentence after this one, that I hope you will give a good answer to. Why is it intentional?

[Goblin]

Aces are always both the card above King (so effectively a 14) and below 2. Hence why you can use it in both royal (AKQJ10) and wheel (A2345) straights. Since there is no 15th card to upgrade to, it only makes sense to turn it into a 2.
Plus, if you couldn't upgrade an ace to a 2, there would be nothing you could change into 2s so you'd have one specific rank you can't duplicate as easily for no particular reason. Five of a kind of 2s would be harder to get than any other kind yet reward you the least, that'd be a bit odd no?

Edit: and remember, aces are literally the 1 card in a deck. If anything's weird its the fact poker makes an exception and makes it a high card, not the other way around.

[TowerWizard]

Why would anyone want five of a kind in 2s?

Anyway, i get it.

[Ronald Brain]

Originally posted by TowerWizard:

Why would anyone want five of a kind in 2s?

Anyway, i get it.

There's a specific Joker in the full game that upgrades the more 2s you play. Coupled with Hack and Fibonacci, this combo can be quite broken in the long run, especially if you spend time upgrading it in early antes.