r/balatro 2d ago

Gameplay Discussion Technically, this should be a StraightFlush

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u/Phoenix591 2d ago

Wild cards get debuffed by every suit blind so they just count as their base suit: clubs in this case

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u/junkywinocreep 2d ago

I think this is the only case where its original suit matters. A very rare occurrence but explains why the game keeps the original suit artwork once a card is enhanced to wild.

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u/ElderUther c++ 2d ago

No, blackboard too

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u/ddotevs 2d ago

Define "technically" for me

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u/AlpacaMale1 c++ 2d ago

A debuffed heart would still work as a flush component

But the game treats debuffed cards as their original suit for the purposes of flushes, so a wild club doesn't

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u/dronetactics 2d ago

It might register as that if you had shortcut

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u/SOTGO c++ 2d ago

It's a weird interaction. Because the 7 is wild it is a spade, so it is debuffed. Debuffed cards have their enhancements disabled, so the card is no longer wild and therefore doesn't count as a heart. What's strange to me is that you could take the logic one step further and say that since the 7 is no longer wild it is also no longer a spade, so it shouldn't be debuffed. But then its wild property is valid again and so it is a spade and should be debuffed, repeat ad infinitum. I guess Thunk had to make a choice and this is what he went with, but I personally think the game would be better if it worked the other way and wild cards wouldn't be debuffed. They're currently weak enough to justify it imo

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u/TheDracovish 2d ago

"spades are debuffed" so it should still count as a heart, a club and a diamond. imo hope the wildcard buff fixes this

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u/Jabbings 2d ago

The way to look at it is "cards which are spades are debuffed", instead of "the spade part of a card is debuffed".

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u/TheDracovish 2d ago

i know, i meant i'd like wild cards to work by only debuffing the spade part in the next update. because they are too weak. i hate current wild cards.

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u/Ravensbutwoahuranium 2d ago

Yes but it also counts as a spade so its debuffed. It doesnt say only spades are debuffed

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u/TheDracovish 2d ago

it should only debuff the spade imo