Runic Deck, a Deck Concept by yours truly!

[PrimeSilver]

The other day I was looking for a concept for a deck that didn't seem to already be filled, and I had an idea I thought would be fun. Mind you, I have no modding skill, so if anyone who reads this is interested in implementing it themselves feel free! I simply work on concepts. That said...

Runic Deck

Allows you to repeat a Boss Blind immediately after completing it with your remaining Hands and Discards +1.

This is how I think it'd work in practice and why it'd be fun:

• At the end of each Boss Blind, before collecting your money, you'd get the choice to attempt it again. If you chose to do so, the end of blind winnings would be saved and pooled with the second winnings, assuming you win.
  
• That would include many econ Jokers, such as Cloud 9 and Satellite, and generally the money would be the main use for this ability early.
  
• This would not enable you to visit the shop an additional time, though.
  
• If you chose the repeat attempt, you immediately gain 1 Hand and 1 Discard to the remaining Hands and Discards from your first attempt. This is mainly so that there's always at least a small chance of benefiting from this. Having all your Hands and Discards, though, would probably be too strong. Having just the remainder may make it too hard to use.
  
• You would probably not be able to do this more than once, or else having Burglar would allow you to farm money infinitely.
  
• Effects that target the blind would probably not carry over, such as a Hand-Size skip, or a sold Luchador, and losing on your repeat attempt would mean losing the run.
  
• This deck would synergize well with anything that gives you a lasting effect, including most econ Jokers, most scaling Jokers, and effects like those of any Seal besides red, especially Blue Seals.
  
• Since you do not enter the shop between attempts, you would not benefit any more from shop specific Jokers, such as Perkeo. You would, however, benefit from start of round Jokers, such as Cartomancer, and despite having modular hands and discards, the new attempt would be considered to have a "first" and "last" of each where relevant (DNA, Trading Card, Burning Joker, etc.)
  
• Finally, the Deck's name is an allusion to the Hieroglyph and Petroglyph Vouchers, as well as to the symbols that represent each Boss Blind.

And I think that covers everything. What do yall think?

[QuantuuM]

Fun read, fun idea, would love a few runs at it

[HeraldOfOpera]

Considering how people generally say you should be able to win late blinds in one hand, this is real funny and someone should find a way to mod it in.

[CMDR Shven]

Sounds like a solid and fun idea. Although I wonder if without an actual downside that the deck wouldn't be overpowered? Maybe it requires you to fight every boss twice while allowing you to double up on every post game econ effect? That way it's both high risk/difficulty AND high reward? Because otherwise you could just choose never to fight the boss twice and it would effectively be a vanilla deck.

[PrimeSilver]

Thanks yall! I'm glad to hear you liked it. If anyone ever does make a mod for it or like it I'd also love to give it a go.

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

Sounds like a solid and fun idea. Although I wonder if without an actual downside that the deck wouldn't be overpowered?

You may be right, I'm uncertain how strong it is as is. I feel like it might be too easy for a good deck to benefit from it every ante, and a bad deck to never even try, sorta a feast or famine kinda deal. That said, a vanilla deck is kinda its own downside, since no other deck is just vanilla. By comparison, I could have a bonus hand, or a bonus discard, or at least start with 10 dollars.
I kinda like the having the option, though, since it makes it feel more like a gamble choosing whether to risk another attempt or move on. On the other hand, taking away that choice means you never have to feel like your deck isn't getting its full value: it either is, or it's dead lol. It's probably the sorta thing that would need to be tested I imagine.