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Strongest 2-Joker combos? (No Blueprint/Brainstorm)
Exactly what the title says, was curious about what some of the strongest 2-Joker combos people have found are. No Blueprint/Brainstorm/other joker copiers, I wanna see 2 different effects that synergize well
For example, I recently had a run with both Ancient Joker and Smeared Joker. Smeared Joker merging the two sets of suits turned every hand I played into a flush, and Ancient Joker gave a massive amount of mults for each card of one of the effective 2 suits I played, all but winning the entire run by themselves.
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ulia Jul 4, 2024 @ 2:35pm 
Smeared is neat but not exactly strong if you can sub it for a retrigger or xmult post ancient, just don't nuke your deck and you'll draw the flush.

A somewhat recent (last rebalance) two card combo I found is Photograph with Hanging chad, two commons for 2x x 3 mult and you can manipulate when that mult is applied with face card positioning.
JellyPuff Jul 4, 2024 @ 2:47pm 
Pareidolia + Sock&Buskin. ALL your cards re-trigger, basically. Pretty nuts. Yes, it stacks with Red Seal. Now imagine having lots of glass cards. Hardcountered by The Plant and The Mark, though.

Or the classic Midas Mask + Vampire. Even though, it's been nerfed, it still spirals out of control, if you get the combo somewhat early.
BaconX Jul 4, 2024 @ 3:09pm 
Yeah, the Photo Chad combo is very strong.
vitez_vaddiszno Jul 4, 2024 @ 9:20pm 
Joker Stencil + Ankh, you never have to worry about Jokers again. Even more so if you take the next Invisible Joker you see.
korean cookbook Jul 5, 2024 @ 6:29am 
Triboulet + Sock & Buskin is pretty bonkers and wins the entire run sans Plant.

Canio + Glass Joker scales so incredibly fast. Every destroyed glass face card scales both, and the glass boost itself is still powerful.

Baron + Mime, for obvious reasons.
aversethule Jul 5, 2024 @ 5:32pm 
Hiker + Hanging Chad is also nice when both obtained early. +5 chips permanently for each card scored and Chad to double the first card.

I really enjoyed getting Egg (+3 sell value every round) very early and then adding Swashbuckler (multiplier = sell value of all Jokers) to it. I had some insane multiplier going on SB that then was also influenced by a couple negative joker slots and multipliers. That's the run that got me the 1 million in a single hand achievement.
TimTim3000 Jul 6, 2024 @ 2:55pm 
Chad + Lucky Cat is a nice one because you get 3 chances to proc a Lucky card placed up front. I'm remembering it because today I had the Cat but no Chad and couldn't get the cards to proc to save my life :(

Another one I only managed to pull off once and I can't even remember the joker names because I take them so rarely -- the one that adds stones to your deck combined with the one that gives you a chip bonus for every stone. Can get some really big chip counts with that combo.

Of course if you keep your eyes peeled you'll find synergies in unexpected places which makes it fun to play around with jokers that you normally wouldn't.
Speed-Dial Jul 6, 2024 @ 7:13pm 
Square Joker and Spare Pants are incredibly strong with two-pair builds, as both need only 4 cards to upgrade repeatedly, one for chips and one for base mult. A good X multiplier card with those two can do all the work, leaving you room for economy or support jokers.
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Date Posted: Jul 4, 2024 @ 2:12pm
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