10 Hidden Rules of Balatro for Beginners

Cardsquirrel presents 10 Hidden Rules of Balatro for Beginners. Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike where you play poker hands to score chips and beat enemy blinds. During each run you can purchase unique jokers to alter how cards and hands are scored, tarot cards to adjust your deck, planet cards to enhance your hands, and spectral cards to make risky moves that could have big impacts. While the game provides enough information to play Balatro, there are some rules that can only be found through experimentation or being told they exist. Timestamps for specific hidden rules below. Catch CardSquirrel on Twitch: Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:21 - Permanent Means Temporary 0:45 - Flexible Hand Size 1:14 - Selling Cards 1:43 - Using Consumables w/Open Packs 1:59 - Enhancement Limits 2:27 - Wild Card Debuff 2:39 - Debuff Limits 2:53 - ’Contains’ Applications 3:19 - Revealing Face-Down Cards 3:35 - The Three Hidden Hands/Planets 4:12 - Outro Bio: CardSquirrel is a content creator and streamer that focuses on playing non-competitive card-based games; primarily indie developed roguelikes. Some of his favorites include Slay the Spire, Inscryption, Balatro, Cobalt Core, SpellRogue, and Griftlands, to name a few. His videos are made to be lighthearted, entertaining, and sometimes educational. Thank you for watching!