Worst Joker?

[mic mike]

I asked about the worst decks a while back, but i feel like theres more to choose here.

Worst to play, least fun, difficult to use, anything.

[SirLagsalot]

Joker Stencil or Credit Card maybe

[mic mike]

Originally posted by SirLagsalot:

Joker Stencil or Credit Card maybe

Credit Card, sure, basically useless.
Joker Stencil though? It's situational sure, but in the right circumstances, it's just a big multiplier

[malogoss]

Scoring joker, Loyalty Card. Just awful. Only way to make it half good is if you have 6+ hands to play per round. And even then, there are many better options.

Economy joker, Golden Ticket. Except for putting a sticker on it, I think I never bought one, after all this time.

Other jokers, Superposition has to be a contender. I'll pick Cartomancer over it anytime.

About Credit Card, it costs only $1, sells for $1 too, so you lose nothing in the process. The extra $20 it represents can easily save a run.

[JellyPuff]

Seance.
How often do you get straight flush builds? And then you need to find this Rare joker too.

It's uncommon, instead of rare in the preview build which i don't know makes it better or worse, since it will show up now more commonly and waste a shop slot almost every time it does. But when you actually have a straight flush build, you are more likely to run into it.

Originally posted by mic mike:

Credit Card, sure, basically useless.

I like this one, especially if you pull a Wraith from a Spectral Pack. ;)

[srn347]

Probably showman, although troubadour is also a contender. They both have downsides that far outweigh the upsides. I wouldn't take a showman even if it were free and negative (well actually I would, but just to sell it).

[malogoss]

Originally posted by srn347:

Probably showman, although troubadour is also a contender. They both have downsides that far outweigh the upsides. I wouldn't take a showman even if it were free and negative (well actually I would, but just to sell it).

So what you're saying is you never play endless mode, right?

[BiteSizeCenter]

My vote goes to Superposition. I'm 40+ hours into this game now, have beaten gold stake, and yet I don't think I've bought this turd on a single run (other than buying it for the first time to unlock).

[kone]

Seance.
Sixth Sense is already difficult to make the most out of where it's risky to proc and unlikely to give the spectral you need. Seance is really helpless and not worth the effort.

[dmeister]

Originally posted by JellyPuff:

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Originally posted by mic mike:

Credit Card, sure, basically useless.

I like this one, especially if you pull a Wraith from a Spectral Pack. ;)

Lol, I literally did that combo last night, spent down to -$14 or so and used a Wraith to get a free Rare Joker and go back to $0. 😄

Either way, while Credit Card can be a problem in the long run, it's definitely not useless. Sometimes the Credit Card is available alongside something else that's REALLY good but that you just can't quite afford, or sometimes you are just a little too weak because of other bad shop picks for the next boss early on and you absolutely need the Credit Card to get an extra Joker to stay afloat. I've definitely won games because of Credit Card that I wouldn't have won had I not bought it.

[dmeister]

Originally posted by malogoss:

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Economy joker, Golden Ticket. Except for putting a sticker on it, I think I never bought one, after all this time.

Golden Ticket is fine early on, it's basically free money until you eventually sell it back to replace it with something else later. I don't think I'd ever buy an Eternal Golden Ticket though unless it was also a Negative.

[malogoss]

Early on? Don't know about you, but I start my games with zero Gold card in my decks.

[dmeister]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the O.G. of all Jokers, literally called just Joker that is the very first Joker you see in the tutorial, which is simply +4 Multiplier. I mean, sure, +4 Multiplier is better than literally nothing at all in that slot, but not by much. I'd replace it with practically anything else if I had a choice.

[dmeister]

Originally posted by malogoss:

Early on? Don't know about you, but I start my games with zero Gold card in my decks.

Oh, sorry, I was confusing Golden Joker (+$4 per blind) with Golden Ticket (Gold cards earn $3 when played). Golden Joker is the card I think is ok early on. Golden Ticket is probably only good in really niche combos.

[Zaga]

Superposition has to be the worst one, and the new version of square joker the dev showed yesterday is campfire fuel too (starts at 0, and adds +5 chips if you play 4 cards) It was never a good joker to begin with, now it requires you to play 16 hands to catch up to the previous version

[c0hKaine]

Originally posted by Zaga:

Superposition has to be the worst one, and the new version of square joker the dev showed yesterday is campfire fuel too (starts at 0, and adds +5 chips if you play 4 cards) It was never a good joker to begin with, now it requires you to play 16 hands to catch up to the previous version

I think the meta will be face cards or straight since they hadn't ruined scary face yet