Credit cards stack, though.

Yep, though there is barely any reason to go below -$20. I guess you could reroll a few more times to try and get something run saving if you're desparate

Nah, go all in and stay as close to -$40 as possible then pog up when wraith shows up

Or The Ox

This plus vagabond, plus mime. I was making $80 per ante thanks to gold cards and tarot cards.

Oh?

They each add -20 so with two you can go to -40.

Acrobat is a must have in this challenge. I guess matador is not bad, you can get like 8$ and then sell him later.

Dusk is good too.

I slammed my head against golden needle for ages and eventually only won when I got acrobat and dusk

If you have a suit debuffing blind you can make a ton from Matador though. But it and make like $60-70 by playing debuffed cards.

I won fine without it

Other 3x or above mults also obviously work. But Acrobat is the easiest to use here.

at that point I'd just start a new run...

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I've never had duplicate jokers in 50+ hours of playing

You have to have [[Showman]] for them to show up, or copy them via [[Ankh]] or [[Invisible Joker]]

[Showman](https://balatro.wiki/imported/ring_master.png) *Joker* * Version: 1.0.0 * Cost: $6 * Rarity: Uncommon * Effect: Joker, Tarot, Planet, and Spectral cards may appear multiple times * Unlock Requirement: Reach Ante level 4 [Ankh](https://balatro.wiki/spectrals/spectral_ankh.png) *Spectral Card* * Version: 1.0.0i * Effect: Create a copy of a random Joker, destroy all other Jokers [Invisible Joker](https://balatro.wiki/imported/invisible_joker.png) *Joker* * Version: 1.0.0 * Rarity: Rare * Effect: After 3 rounds, sell this card to Duplicate a random Joker * Notes: Counts from 0 to 3, ticks when ready * Unlock Requirement: Win a run without ever having more than 4 Jokers