Balatro Daily ep9: How to get your first Blue/Purple Stake win (Magic Deck)

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Man’s really hit us with “once you’re on the purple stake, don’t expect to win every time”…. once I’m on the purple stake?!??😭😭😭

[@wigglerlesbian]

5% of the time seeing ante 6 lmao

[@sphesibiya1999]

Ladies and Gentlemen. Class is in session

[@SeanGilbertson]

Yeah I definitely feel like I went to a real class on how to play this game. I even went through some kind of Matrix-like denial process, where I started off like “No! I don’t want to worry about shaping my deck and removing cards!” but by the middle I’ve learned so much.

[@Glethoseun]

Very educational approach, as you can expect from a Balatro University, and, I like your persona. Keep up with the amazing content mate

[@drspectred]

I hope to continue to deliver what you've come to expect

[@ParalyzedPichu]

Just found your channel, I’ve been playing the demo for the past few months and the new full release. It’s so great to see a great player share their knowledge! Keep up the great work, can’t wait for the part 3 of your last vid

[@kanuos]

Goes to show deck consistency is king in this game. I mean it's a deck-builder, of course it is, but it's surprising to see how far it can go!

[@drspectred]

Even once you know that, you still have to figure out what you want your deck to look like and how to get there. The deck morphs very slowly over time, so there are many decision points which don't feel impactful in the moment but add up over time. It's a tough game!

[@kanuos]

@@drspectred That's true! There's also the fact that I tend to get tunnel visioned pretty quickly. And since some bosses can hard counter some builds, keeping your options open is also important. A hard, yet fun game!

[@vli9375]

Skipping on the polychrome red seal 9 of clubs broke my heart

[@tomascorney219]

When your hand is hidden like at 48:20 I like to select each card in turn and sort by rank/suit and try to determine which one each card is by cross referencing the full deck overview

[@stupxd]

Was going to say that too, lol.

[@drspectred]

Definitely a more efficient/methodical way I could've figured it out.

[@PowdergameFan18]

Skip Blueprint, skip polychrome, still win. Consistency over luck at that point!

[@Dragonatrix]

You do need luck to have the consistency to be able to make those kind of decisions in the first place though. If the game insists on giving you dogshit Jokers, if any, then there's nothing you can do with that. That's consistent but not in a good way.

[@omegaguy3265]

I appreciate the self control to skip all those early hermits xD

[@drspectred]

Don't try this at home

[@FuscaBat]

I keep in mind the word SHoCkeD when trying to remember the order of suits: Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds. It can be useful for bosses like the fish.

[@drspectred]

Fun fact! The game was originally inspired by "Big 2," a card game the dev used to play with his buddies a lot. The "poker theming" only game later in the design process because he knew it would be more recognizable to folks. The ordering of the suits comes from "Big 2." The way I remember the order is I remember the suits alternate colors.

[@wigglerlesbian]

@@drspectred you can also hover over your deck for a reminder

[@romaindubray2325]

1:15:15 after running out of discards I'm definitely using death to play a pair of kings instead of going to $0 Although I would've probably spent more money on rerolls with a joker slot open, either way I'm probably avoiding losing that much to the Ox one way or the other

[@drspectred]

Not spending more money in the shop was an oversight. Within the round, we should have been weaving pairs in between our discards instead of using all the discards first. Either way, we were able to demonstrate how to bounce back. We could have committed to keeping Burglar but would have missed out on demonstrating what the "-1 Discards" actually feels like.

[@TubularToob]

22:19 wow I had no idea that celestial packs worked that way!

[@Loogaroo1]

I've been stuck on Purple Stake for three weeks now. Doesn't matter what build I try, which Jokers I have, how much economy I have, how little or how often I skip. Everything just breaks down by the time I get to Ante 5 or 6.

[@iplaygames3639]

Thank you very much good Sir for another awesome lesson!

[@IgnacioStegmayer]

Who else here tryna quench the thirst for part 3 of endless run?

[@angelowentzler9961]

Once I'm on the RED stake I don't expect to win every time, let alone purple X_X

[@troy2914]

At 1:15:31 wouldn’t it be worth it to use death to make another king and play the pair to save your money and keep the straight alive?

[@drspectred]

Yes! Great catch. I wasn't ready to part with the Death card. But by saving money, I could have found another.

[@troy2914]

@@drspectred love your content btw. Really helping me learn the game

[@Phyresis27]

is the title supposed to say orange stake even though it's played on the purple stake?

[@drspectred]

Uhhhhh. I juuuust changed it. The new title shows up correctly for me.

[@pascal30161]

Any tips for golden needle challenge other than suck it up and reset a lot and/or get lucky with early game mult jokers? It's the only part of the game I have really struggled with so far. Even on ante 1 blind 1 there can be huge economy discrepancies making me want to reset and with certain 1st/2nd shops you can just have the run die on you in the first ante. And even later in the game, extra hp or 0 discard bosses might still snipe you. The most frustrating part is that many of the shop offerings that take you from losing to winning in the first 2-4 blinds don't even work here. Three of a kind planet, you're dead. Bought a flush planet and had a low flush, still dead. +Chip joker, better roll for a 4 of a kind or straight flush, otherwise you might still be dead with 4x mult. Etc. Would love to see you try it and pull off a finish with as few resets as possible, but maybe it's not the best content 😅

[@bagofholding]

34:22 The Jack high straight was better than the queen high as it would have triggered blackboard.

[@drspectred]

True! I wanted to test how many points we got without the Blackboard since it won't always be on.

[@ThatNerdGuy0]

1:06:55 he’s becoming self aware

[@grandchampion7275]

Do you feel like you have to reset a lot of runs in this game? Or do you never do that? I heard that there are a lot of people who reset runs when they don't feel they have good enough jokers. I kind of don't like that, to be honest.

[@drspectred]

If I survive Ante 1, I don't reset. If I get into a tough spot, I try to power through. I don't always succeed, but I like the challenge. Different folks desire different levels of challenge. If you're not having fun, resetting is 100% the right call for you to make. At the end of the day, it's just a game. Choose the path which is most fulfilling to you.

[@beatsaway]

how can u use magic deck to play blue stake? i can only use color decks to play this!

[@beatsaway]

okay i see now. u need to finish the previous quests again with these special decks to get to blue quest

[@lethalbacon3]

Bro is playing purple stake and gets no eternals.

[@savashumov3701]

Nice deck. I'm recently beat gold stake on green one, and that's deck not good.

[@Troy2Slick]

I really do enjoy your videos, but why do your videos have an obscene amount of ads? I understand some, but every 4-5 minutes I get an ad interruption. I can't remember a time I've ever experienced it THAT much in a set of videos than yours over the years. Just me nitpicking, but it makes watching these unbearable on my Smart TV with no ad-blocker.

[@drspectred]

KZbin places the ads automatically, and it IS egregious. I'm able to manually adjust the ad placements, but it's a lot of work. Also, I just kind of need the money, straight up. We're not out here looking to make millions, just make ends meet. Without the revenue from ads, BalatroU ceases to exist. With the Twitch streaming stuff taking off, when I start making stable income from different sources (possibly paid sponsorships), I can manually remove some of the ads KZbin places in the videos. KZbin premium is egregiously expensive (for what you get), but ad-blocking tech is fairly commonplace these days. Most viewers won't ever see any of the ads, but I acknowledge it's a *very* miserable experience for folks who have to struggle through it (or concede to watching something else). For now, a necessary evil, unfortunately.

[@DEVIG0]

Play with powerful cards idc about educational purposes