Balatro isn’t just about playing poker, it’s about bending the rules, breaking the game, and watching your numbers skyrocket into the stratosphere. And the secret sauce? Jokers. These little ...

Balatro is a roguelike deck builder all about combining the unique and powerful effects of Joker cards. By combining synergistic Joker effects with your deck of playing cards, you can create combos ...

Danny has just started working at GameRant, but his love of video games, anime, and movies has been a part of him since he was a wee lad. He enjoys a wide range of games and anime, but Devil May Cry ...

There are a lot of Jokers in Balatro. There’s no single best joker, especially since it’s a Roguelike where you’re going to be forming a ‘team’ of cards that compliment each other, though there’s ...

Balatro is a poker roguelike game that makes use of special cards called Jokers to help you score points and win a run easily. With so many modifiers available, though, it can be hard to pinpoint the ...

Balatro, during the early stakes — the game’s version of difficulty settings — is an addictive, immaculately designed roguelike experience. Once you start runs on Purple Stake and higher though, ...

Jokers are the lifeblood of any Balatro run. They’re powerful cards that give you chips, multipliers, and other strong effects that can turn a 20-chip pair into 2 million chips if you’ve set it up ...

There must be something funny in the water of roguelike game design. I love a good roguelike, and I’m also a big fan of Poker games in their many forms, but I never would have expected that a ...

Though on the outside, Balatro seems like it’s just playing poker, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In order to succeed, you’ll need to utilize the varied and helpful Joker cards. We have ...