Dumb question about jokers

[Big Slim]

Does the order they're matter?

For instance, does the 2x multipliers need to be further to the right? So, it adds the chips and mult before multiplying, as opposed to if the multiplier is further left it adds further mult after the multiplication has happened.

[sbszine]

Yes, generally you want the big multipliers on the right. Same when playing a hand of cards, rearrange them to maximise your score.

[Anatolius]

My experience was weird - i do remember a hint saying that Jokers apply in order from left to right - yet in my actual game i saw multipliers going first regardless how they're ordered, then flat bonuses. Though to be honest it wasn't a test with same/similar jokers, so difference might be due to how they are triggered

[Goblin]

+Chips joker location in the order generally doesn't matter, unless it's Holographic/Polychrome, or when using Baseball Card if it is an uncommon joker. There's nothing that multiplies chips in the game.

For jokers that trigger on specific playing cards (for instance the 4 different sin jokers), the joker position doesn't matter unless you have multiple that get triggered by a particular card. They trigger when the relevant card is scored, which is before the jokers themselves get checked from left to right. For instance if you have Photograph, try moving your face card(s) as far right in the hand you play as possible, though it only matters if you have other cards that add multiplier.

[TimTim3000]

Originally posted by Anatolius:

My experience was weird - i do remember a hint saying that Jokers apply in order from left to right - yet in my actual game i saw multipliers going first regardless how they're ordered, then flat bonuses. Though to be honest it wasn't a test with same/similar jokers, so difference might be due to how they are triggered

You're not always going to see it go strictly left to right because some jokers trigger when a card is played and others trigger after the whole hand is played.

[txh0881]

You generally want Holographics to the left of Polychromes, so that the added Multipliers are included in the Ploychrome's multiplier.

If you have multiple Polychromes, you will want the Polychromes that add Multipliers further left, for the same reason.

Conversely, you want Holographics that have multiplier effects in their skills further right than regular Holographics.

[Draco18s]

Originally posted by Anatolius:

My experience was weird - i do remember a hint saying that Jokers apply in order from left to right - yet in my actual game i saw multipliers going first regardless how they're ordered, then flat bonuses. Though to be honest it wasn't a test with same/similar jokers, so difference might be due to how they are triggered

There are several phases where things happen:
On Hand Played (this is when upgrades usually happen, such as Ride the Bus, Runner, etc)*
On Card Scored (regardless of what the bonus is--chips, +mult or xmult--it triggers for each relevant card when the card scores)
Cards Held (Raised Fist, Shoot the Moon, Barron)
Then Jokers.

Each phase operates left to right within its context (so cards held in hand: if you have a K and a Q and both Barron and Shoot the Moon, you'll want to move your K to the right of the Q before playing the hand) and additives add and multipliers multiply. If an adder comes after a multiplier, it does not know about the previous multiplier.

That is:
2 x 3 + 5 = 11
2 + 5 x 3 = 21

*There's technically a phase before this, but its incredibly niche. That phase is "boss does its thing" if its thing is relevant (eg. The Ox or The Arm). Thus Space Joker will trigger after The Arm.