Obelisk also resets when playing the tied highest hand?

[The_Hierophant]

Im sorry but, isnt this rare joker kind of hot garbage? How are you meant to use it effectively

[A bear]

Play a bunch of 1 hand type like pairs and then pivot in the late game once you have a 20 hand buffer.

[kone]

Get it super early, grab some temporary chip and mult jokers and play High Card/Pair
No worry it'll reset before you beat ante 8.

It's like Campfire where on paper seems useless and niche, but when understood can be incredibly consistent for beating a run.

[korean cookbook]

Theoretically, it is X0.8 scaling mult a round, if you play all your 4 base hands. In practice, once you get it to X5 or higher you get less, because you win faster, but the point stands that it gets big super fast. As long as your scoring isn't tied to certain hands (like in economy builds with stuff like Bootstraps, Flash Card, Red Card, etc.), you can play whatever hands you can and keep them all around even, making sure they're under your 15 or so played High Cards.

It's situational, but very good in those situations.

[The_Hierophant]

Originally posted by A bear:

Play a bunch of 1 hand type like pairs and then pivot in the late game once you have a 20 hand buffer.

best advice ive seen, actually a great idea. Of course wont last forever but seems like the most consistent way to use it.