The scores you’re free to achieve inBalatroare out of this world.

Balatro has 20 challenges waiting for you when you get tired of the regular runs.

Here are some tips for the toughest intermediate ones.

The Sock And Buskin Joker, Perkeo Joker, and Ghost Deck card back in front of a blurry Balator background.

What Does e Mean?

Youll notice that beginning with Ante 14, the score is represented as 2.900e13, which is 29 trillion.

e dictates the amount of numbers after the decimal.

Every Ante and its Base Score, plus every Boss Blind and its effect in a menu in Balatro.

Beginning with Black Stake difficulty, Eternal Jokers can appear in the shop and in Buffoon Packs.

Here’s the effect of every Joker card and how to unlock them all in Balatro.

Here are some decks to consider:

The Nebula Deck

Start run with Telescope Voucer.

The words “You Win!” are displayed prominently atop the statistics menu at the end of a successful run of Balatro, while the mouse cursor is hovering over the Endless Mode button.

The Ghost Deck

Spectral Cards may appear in the shop.

Start run with a Hex card.

The Checkered Deck

Start run with 26 Spades and 26 Hearts.

dna, normal joker, and pareidolia joker cards

The Checkered Deck effectively turns Clubs into Spades and Diamonds into Hearts, making Flushes much more playable.

The Painted Deck

+2 hand size.

Now, -1 Joker slot might not seem that great, but +2 hand size is incredible.

The Nebula Deck, the Painted Deck, and the Checkered Deck in front of a blurry Balatro background.

The Plasma Deck is a very powerful deck that plays the average of the Chip and Mult scores.

Now, what if the Kings are Red Sealed, making them retrigger yet again?

Full disclosure, even with all this, this run ended at Ante 15.

Nebula Deck selected on White Stake difficulty in Balatro.

Ante 16 is within reach; keep plugging away, and you’ll climb that mountain!

Wait, you don’t even need Jokers to beat Ante 8?

Ghost Deck selected on White Stake difficulty in Balatro.

Checkered Deck selected on White Stake difficulty in Balatro.

Painted Deck selected on White Stake difficulty in Balatro.

Selecting a Blueprint Joker from a Buffoon Pack in Balatro

The mascot Joker from Balatro with a red general prohibition sign in front of it.

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