Tips for Stone Cards
Just wanted to post a tip for anyone else that was like me and didn’t understand how to use stone cards effectively.
When you play a stone card along with a regular hand, the stone card will be scored too, even though it’s not actually part of your hand combination. For example, if you’re playing a three of a kind, and you also have a stone card, you can play them together and the stone card will count toward your score.
I still haven’t used them much, but I think they can be pretty useful when your deck focuses on hands that use 4 cards or less, as you will then have ‘room’ to also play stone cards.
I thought they were basically used only when playing high card, and maybe for some weird combo stuff, but they are quite a bit better than I thought. Just wanted to post this for anyone else that didn’t quite get it at first.
General Tips and Tricks
The most powerful cards (which are also the hardest to find) are those that increase your base multiplier from 1x to 3x. In my experience, Flushes are the easiest significant hand type to complete. However, focusing too much on Flushes instead of diversifying across different hand types might be a mistake that hurts my strategy in the long run.
- Try to ensure you win the first round in one hand, as it affects your payout (e.g., first shop visit with 10 gold instead of 9). try to play high-rank cards and a 5 card hand.
- Try to buy at least one score-increasing joker before the first boss blind. you can win without it, but it will help ensure you don’t lose immediately.
- Discarding a few times before playing your first hand is generally a good idea. try to assemble a good hand instead of playing a low-scoring hand.
- Don’t be afraid to skip a blind if the tag reward is good enough (e.g., getting the tag that makes all jokers and cards in the next shop is really good early on).
- The most reliable hands are generally full house, flush, and straights, but everything is circumstantial. play to the strengths of your deck and jokers.
- Try to focus on getting money, especially early on:
- Take jokers that give increase your gold, and trigger them as much as possible (e.g., cloud 9 gives you gold for every 9 in your deck, so go out of your way to add extra 9s over the course of the run).
- Always buy tarot card packs when you have roughly 15 gold or more, as the hermit can double your gold up to 20 at any time, and temperance can give you the sell value of all your jokers.
- You gain interest on gold after a round, meaning it is not always a good idea to spend all your gold all at once. especially early on, it can be a good idea to skip the shop for a round to get more gold after the next one (assuming you can win the next round with your current setup).
- Sell jokers that only help you make money once your build is strong enough. Replace them with jokers that help increase your score instead.
- Consider selling planet and tarot cards rather than always using them. For example, sometimes it’s better to sell a planet card that boosts pairs.
- Don’t hesitate to reroll the shop when you have plenty of money (usually 30+). Each reroll gets more expensive but the cost resets after each new round.
- Look for cards that improve over time (scalable cards) early in your run. For example, Hologram increases its multiplier whenever you add a card to your deck, so buy lots of standard packs/cards.
- Card rarity usually indicates how effective a card will be. Uncommon, rare, and legendary jokers generally have a bigger impact on your game. You’ll find it harder to win if you only have common jokers by the middle of your run.
- Place your multiplier cards (like x2) at the far right of your joker list, and your regular addition cards (like +15) on the left. The order seems to matter, and you want multipliers to activate last.
- Watch what remains in your deck when discarding cards to avoid unnecessary risks. For example, if you’re trying for a heart flush, check your deck first to see how many hearts are left to determine if it’s a good bet.
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