What causes 'Black hole' to appear?

[GTTV]

Is there something that triggers this spectral card to appear in planet packs or is it completely random?

I've seen this spectral card appear only 3 times or so in planet packs. The first time it appeared I thought it 'unlocked' because I levelled every 'normal' poker hand at least once, but in another run it appeared and I hadn't done this but I did notice I had played every hand except straight flush at least once. In my third run when this appeared I had done exactly the same thing - I played every 'normal' poker hand at least once except straight flush. I suspect this card triggers to appear when you play at least 8 out of the 9 base poker hands or at least this increases the chance this card will appear but I am not sure. It could be completely random and my experience is just a coincidence. Has anyone else has seen this card and under what circumstances did it appear?

For those who don't know, this card levels every poker hand (including unknown hands like flush five, flush house etc) by one level.

[Goblin]

0.3% chance per card, same as The Soul. Completely random, just very unlikely.

[theLAGmaster]

Originally posted by Goblin:

0.03% chance per card, same as The Soul. Completely random, just very unlikely.

wtf? I only saw soul card twice. And both were in same run! I used up all my luck :(

[potatowithwifi21]

Originally posted by theLAGmaster:

Originally posted by Goblin:

0.03% chance per card, same as The Soul. Completely random, just very unlikely.

wtf? I only saw soul card twice. And both were in same run! I used up all my luck :(

i had a run like this too, i found yorick, and then chicot later, just as a random run ender appeared no less i managed to get the 100,000,000,000k achievment then

[Lou]

i skipped the black hole the first time it appeared by accident ...

[Wheelchair Murdura]

In my opinion the chance for black hole and soul should both be buffed. Hole isn't even that wild of a card, it's just +1 to the hand you probably already are leveling. But the legendary jokers are SO damn rare that you hardly ever get to play with them..

[MarriedBoy]

I must be very lucky then, every third run I have a Legendary Joker and most of the times it is Yorick(in my opinion the best one of them)

[maDEMOman]

Originally posted by Wheelchair Murdura:

In my opinion the chance for black hole and soul should both be buffed. Hole isn't even that wild of a card, it's just +1 to the hand you probably already are leveling. But the legendary jokers are SO damn rare that you hardly ever get to play with them..

Soul no. Black hole? most definately should. leveling up everything by 1 aint even the same level as some of the legendary jokers.

[Goblin]

Originally posted by maDEMOman:

Originally posted by Wheelchair Murdura:

In my opinion the chance for black hole and soul should both be buffed. Hole isn't even that wild of a card, it's just +1 to the hand you probably already are leveling. But the legendary jokers are SO damn rare that you hardly ever get to play with them..

Soul no. Black hole? most definately should. leveling up everything by 1 aint even the same level as some of the legendary jokers.

Thing is, making it more common in Celestial Packs is rather uninteresting - if you get it, you WILL take it. With The Soul there's still some consideration of "do I actually want a legendary that may not even synergise with what I have, or would I prefer for instance $20 from this other tarot card?" Sure, most people will take any legendary and try to pivot, but at least it's a choice.
Buffing their appearance rate in Spectral Packs could be an idea. But personally I'd just like to see Black Hole changed to something more interesting in general. Maybe "+3 levels for next hand played" or something, with the risk that you don't manage to make that hand for what you actually want. So you can weigh that against +1 risk free if you get the right planet or spectral cards' already strong effects.

[GTTV]

It sounds like a voucher should be added that increases the chance for black hole to appear in celestial packs (enough of a chance to be worth it). Attaches a cost to it but allows it to be buffed.

[Link]

Originally posted by theLAGmaster:

Originally posted by Goblin:

0.03% chance per card, same as The Soul. Completely random, just very unlikely.

wtf? I only saw soul card twice. And both were in same run! I used up all my luck :(

I had this same problem, haha.