Ranking Isaac TRINKETS by their USEFULNESS

Tier list of Binding of Isaac trinkets based on where you are at in your run! I list all trinkets from Rebirth all the way to Repentance, so it's a suuuuper long one. Don't expect any video I make in the future to be longer than this one lmao.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 INTRO
0:11 1 - 10
6:52 11 - 20
13:04 21 - 30
21:21 31 - 40
28:15 41 - 50
36:07 51 - 60
43:44 61 - 70
52:27 71 - 80
1:00:09 81 - 90
1:08:09 91 - 99
1:14:52 INTERMISSION
1:15:11 100 - 110
1:24:17 111 - 120
1:31:11 121 - 130
1:38:59 131 - 140
1:47:44 141 - 150
1:55:31 151 -160
2:04:00 161 - 170
2:12:17 171 - 180
2:21:15 181 - 189
2:29:03 FINAL LIST
Trinket ID's so you can look up your favorite:
1 Swallowed Penny
2 Petrified Poop
3 AAA Battery
4 Broken Remote
5 Purple Heart
6 Broken Magnet
7 Rosary Bead
8 Cartridge
9 Pulse Worm
10 Wiggle Worm
11 Ring Worm
12 Flat Worm
13 Store Credit
14 Callus
15 Lucky Rock
16 Mom's Toenail
17 Black Lipstick
18 Bible Tract
19 Paper Clip
20 Monkey Paw
21 Mysterious Paper
22 Daemon's Tail
23 Missing Poster
24 Butt Penny
25 Mysterious Candy
26 Hook Worm
27 Whip Worm
28 Broken Ankh
29 Fish Head
30 Pinky Eye
31 Push Pin
32 Liberty Cap
33 Umbilical Cord
34 Child's Heart
35 Curved Horn
36 Rusted Key
37 Goat Hoof
38 Mom's Pearl
39 Cancer
40 Red Patch
41 Match Stick
42 Lucky Toe
43 Cursed Skull
44 Safety Cap
45 Ace of Spades
46 Isaac's Fork
48 A Missing Page
49 Bloddy Penny
50 Burnt Penny
51 Flat Penny
52 Counterfeit Penny
53 Tick
54 Isaac's Head
55 Maggy's Faith
56 Judas' Tongue
57 ???'s Soul
58 Samson's Lock
59 Cain's Eye
60 Eve's Bird Foot
61 The Left Hand
62 Shiny Rock
63 Safety Scissors
64 Rainbow Worm
65 Tape Worm
66 Lazy Worm
67 Cracked Dice
68 Super Magnet
69 Faded Polaroid
70 Louse
71 Bob's Bladder
72 Watch Battery
73 Blasting Cap
74 Stud Finder
75 Error
76 Poker Chip
77 Blister
78 Second Hand
79 Endless Nameless
80 Black Feather
81 Blind Rage
82 Golden Horse Shoe
83 Store Key
84 Rib of Greed
85 Karma
86 Lil Larva
87 Mom's Locket
88 NO!
89 Child Leash
90 Brown Cap
91 Meconium
92 Cracked Crown
93 Used Diaper
94 Fish Tail
95 Black Tooth
96 Ouroboros Worm
97 Tonsil
98 Nose Goblin
99 Super Ball
100 Vibrant Bulb
101 Dim Bulb
102 Fragmented Card
103 Equality!
104 Wish Bone
105 Bag Lunch
106 Lost Cork
107 Crow Heart
108 Walnut
109 Duct Tape
110 Silver Dollar
111 Bloody Crown
112 Pay to Win
113 Locust of War
114 Locust of Pestilence
115 Locust of Famine
116 Locust of Death
117 Locust of Conquest
118 Bat Wing
119 Stem Cell
120 Hairpin
121 Wooden Cross
122 Butter!
123 Filigree Feather
124 Door Stop
125 Extension Cord
126 Rotten Penny
127 Baby-Bender
128 Finger Bone
129 Jawbreaker
130 Chewed Pen
131 Blessed Penny
132 Broken Syringe
133 Short Fuse
134 Gigante Bean
135 A Lighter
136 Broken Padlock
137 Myosotis
138 M
139 Teardrop Charm
140 Apple of Sodom
141 Forgotten Lullaby
142 Beth's Faith
143 Old Capacitor
144 Brain Worm
145 Perfection
146 Devil's Crown
147 Charged Penny
148 Friendship Necklace
149 Panic Button
150 Blue Key
151 Flat File
152 Telescope Lens
153 Mom's Lock
154 Dice Bag
155 Holy Crown
156 Mother's Kiss
157 Torn Card
158 Torn Pocket
159 Gilded Key
160 Lucky Sack
161 Wicked Crown
162 Azazel's Stump
163 Dingle Berry
164 Ring Cap
165 Nuh Uh!
166 Modeling Clay
167 Polished Bone
168 Hollow Heart
169 Kid's Drawing
170 Crystal Key
171 Keeper's Bargain
172 Cursed Penny
173 Your Soul
174 Number Magnet
175 Strange Key
176 Lil Clot
177 Temporary Tattoo
178 Swallowed M80
179 RC Remote
180 Found Soul
181 Expansion Pack
182 Beth's Essence
183 The Twins
184 Adoption Papers
185 Cricket Leg
186 Apollyon's Best Friend
187 Broken Glasses
188 Ice Cube
189 Sigil of Baphomet
#thebindingofisaac #tierlist #trinkets

[@nicolasturetta7959]

39. Cancer: you missed the part where it breaks the tear cap beign even more valuable than curved horn in the late game since your DPS Will likely be Better with cancer than with curved horn. As an Isaac veteran the horn vs cancer was a huge discussion in the community since wrath of the lamb

[@mieszkokapeka4988]

It got changed in Repentance, I checked the wiki. Unfortunate but it got nerfed and now it's +1.0 fire rate sadly.

[@newto2794]

Wait, so it doesn't break the cap or what was the nerf??

[@mieszkokapeka4988]

@@newto2794 Unfortunately yeah, they changed it from -2 tear delay to +1.0 tears. I was shocked myself and also thought it still breaks the cap but I just checked it today and I feel like my existence is a lie. XD

[@mieszkokapeka4988]

@@newto2794 Wait mb they changed how breaking the cap works and now pluses to fire rate (not tears) break the cap. It now breaks the cap by one instead of two. Sorry for being an idiot. Don't know why Ed changed it but yeah it's weird.

[@mieszkokapeka4988]

I'm pretty sure it's because the cap is now higher, I had a break from Isaac and just recently got into Repentance, sorry for being a bozo.

[@plaguin9009]

48:08 LazyMattMan Slander found, collab lost, channel in shambles + L + Bozo + Stomped by Mom's Toenail effect (I did enjoy the video, thank you for making this list!)

[@Joco999]

Cancel him

[@Vulpercool]

Stomped by moms toenail effect💀

[@guestbard9677]

Stepped on by mommy

[@idiothead5511]

​@@Joco99990❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Barbequed-Clorox]

The jokes write themselves 💀@@guestbard9677

[@MigattenoBlakae]

1:18:20 About “Equality!” You get your pickups to all be equal… and then you clear the whole floor without picking up any more stuff. And then you go pick it all up at once, now that it’s all doubled. It’s saved more than one of my runs before. It just requires a lot of fudging and minmaxing to get it to work for you.

[@maciekj.358]

I wanted to say the same thing! In my opinion it is pretty good early game but quickly becomes more useless as the game progreses

[@PuchuKt]

it's busted with tainted keeper, I haven't used it on greed mode but I'm guessing it's great there too, also good early game

[@sallomon2357]

I always thought that the moment your pickup number changes from the equal one, all of the doubled pickups revert to their base versions :O

[@hellogoato]

I've managed to do this once in like, 1500 hours of play but the one time I did it saved the run lol. Went from worst trinket NA to being pretty cool and good, even if it is HIIIIGHLY situational.

[@novo2648]

@@hellogoato my man put this thing under mom's toenail

[@maciekj.358]

#107 "Crow Heart" You are not forced to hold this trinket. You can just drop it, full clear, pick it up and use on curse room without hurting your soul hearts or sacrifice room which might turn all of red hearts on the floor into an angel item potentialy. It is not much but definitely not completly useless

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

Its also very useful for the forgotten or with bone hearts in general since you don't need to worry about losing your devil chance with bone hearts.

[@iamthehobo]

S*** I never considered just hauling a double edged trinket between floors and dropping it while I actually did the floor. That's such a good idea

[@badqualityhiman-qw9gl]

"mid game : swallowed penny is whatever" tainted keeper honest reaction:

[@madness9651]

Yeah honestly this video starts off with bs right away. How tf is Swallowed Penny worse than Petrified Poop? Sure you don't want to take damage and should always imply a perfect player when ranking stuff... But how many high poop seeds are there actually? Chances are you get Petrified Poop in Basement and maybe two coins from the five poops you encounter. And then never encounter much poop ever again except for red poop in Super Secret Rooms/Womb. Card against humanity is very rare you can't bet on getting it. Swallowed Penny, there are plenty of instances where taking damage is still worth it, like Blood Donation Machines, chests/pickups behind spikes...you can allow yourself to get hit to make it for a Shop Item...Swallowed Penny is good you can turn your spare hearts into coin and ensure your shop buy every floor. Petrified Poop only really works with other Poop synergy items. Otherwise weak trinket.

[@anzorunono4967]

​@@madness9651 whole ass essay jesus cheist

[@madness9651]

@@anzorunono4967 You can break the game with Infinite Stores, IV bag, high luck and enough pickup spawn items like Swallowed Penny, Piggy Bank, Habit, Dark bum, Bum friend, Bumbo, etc. If you get Soul Converter and Potaoe Peeler you can make infinite Super Meat Boys. The on-damage spawn pickups stuff is all completely broken and can so easily be exploited with cheap store item builds that you just shouldn't underrate them.

[@cumcumcum148]

​@@madness9651because swallowed penny is situational. For keeper and keeper is must have. For lost, t.lost and any other character without red hearts it is almost useless. Petrified poop is better for every character either by giving soul hearts, hearts and money. Idk man, I love swallowed penny but not every time

[@madness9651]

@@cumcumcum148 Complete Bullshit. You want to avoid damage from enemies, but there are plenty of instances where you can trade self-damage for value, and unless you are going for Hush/Boss Rush you should do so every time. Always trade in your spare Red Hearts from the map to the Blood Donation Machine, Devil Beggars or Curse Rooms, then there are Items like Piggy Bank or Habit that synergyze incredible well. Blood Donation Machine is particularly broken and gives you tons of cheap HP ups that you can then trade in for Devil Deals. Habit+Schoolbag+IV Bag+Converter+Infinite Stores+Chaos+Potatoe Peeler and enough Luck is infinite Money+Infinite Hearts and INFINITE ITEMS and INFINITE SUPER MEAT BOYS...with a store item combo. Had a Cain run lately where I broke the game, then accidentally fell down an Ehwaz traphole and finished with no Completion Mark due to not getting Polaroid/Negative. Sorry but you just didn't seem to have realized the way to play this game. Swallowed Penny is top tier trinket for any character except The Lost and Judas before he gets an HP up.

[@momi7473]

Swallow penny ranking is criminal, that shit is op af. It always drops a coin, and that coin can be dime or nickel and sometimes a lucky penny. When you get an arcade you can basically grantee you pay out all the machine and beggers. Not to mention d20 game breaks that are some times possible. Although i agreed it useless late game, but early and mid game basically a free win if you use it right.

[@jgames5fun503]

Swallowed Penny isnt op. I dont see how you'd get a full arcade pay out with just Swallowed Penny (besides maybe a blood donation bank (which Blood Donation Banks are op af, I will give you that). Breaking the game with d20 is free and definetly doesnt require swallowed penny just d20 plus anything that drops pick-ups does the trick.

[@stupidman5735]

Black lipstick doesn't turn red hearts into black hearts, it turns soul hearts into black hearts. bottom tier L trinket bad stinky poo poo

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

shit, i knew there would be a few I messed up lmao - I agree bad stinky poopoo

[@Daniel-jw2wh]

​@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac you didn't messed up black lipstick doubles the amount of black heart appearing

[@oneblacksun]

It also makes it so that soul hearts spawn less, so it's a double negative.

[@Haveyouseenthisman0]

​@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaacwhere's the Boss tir list?

[@krasistefanovlol]

@@oneblacksun but black hearts are like a better soul heart

[@kemosonicfan123lbp]

As a vehement hater of Mom's toenail, I have one small defense of it. If you use it with gnawed leaf, you could afk most rooms/bosses, granted, it'll take an eternity, but if it's golden or if you have mom's box it becomes decently better. Combine this with even a weak orbital and you might just have yourself a run winner

[@TheRadioknight]

That is an actuall good use well done.

[@doctordocker5127]

I literally use this item to fight bosses all the time, I was so confused when he called it useless because I always watch the timer and time when the foot it coming down especially early game, I count it as a quick boss killer everytime I see it early

[@chainsawplayin]

Not Hush

[@doctordocker5127]

Didn't know you were so good at the game Hush counts as an early game boss for you@@chainsawplayin

[@Rockoll]

Cain's eye is really good though, it scales with luck so at 3 luck it has a 100% chance of occuring if I recall correctly.

[@Octo_0687]

So nat 1% on 0 luck or is it just a high chance that's basically a coin flip on giving you room locations?

[@Rockoll]

@@Octo_0687Starts with 25% at 0 luck and adds an additional 25% per point of luck, so 50% at 1 luck, 75% at 2, and 100% at 3.

[@Octo_0687]

@@Rockoll Ah, at first I thought every extra luck would add 33% to the chance of having Cain's Other Eye procing and showing riom locations.

[@thankful4youu]

you not being able to hit things with high shot speed is a skill issue

[@maartenbusschops7827]

This is also a great way to learn what every trinket does lol

[@sleepysloothz442]

I remember picking up expansion pack and when i used the d6 to reroll a boss item i ended up getting metronome which in turn used the d100 effect which made me want to sacrifice room IRL, have not picked it up since.

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

i don't think expansion pack can proc the d100 effect though, from what I looked into it only uses active items that have 2 charges or less buuuuuuut I may have read it incorrectly 🤔

[@sleepysloothz442]

@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac yeah when it rerolled my items I was astonished and started to look into it. Apparently the only way for this to happen is from a use of metronome as I found a couple instances of people using a item with expansion pack and it activating metronome which then uses other items like death certificate or in my case d100. PS: Fuck d100

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

@@sleepysloothz442 oh my God lmao I didn't even think of that, that's fuckin unlucky LMAO

[@skelfrog4049]

I think overall this list is really good but broken remote can force you to go into any room with no error room chance if you're using an infinite use active item. This includes secret rooms, shops, treasure rooms, planetariums, libraries, bedrooms, secret rooms, challenge rooms, and there's probably more im forgetting. It also allows itself to be used as a panic option for the lost, as on teleport your mantle will recharge.

[@dargons5145]

No error room chance?

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

You really should have added a "sucks, but synergy" tier. Broken Teleport can be pretty amazing with the right active item. And I also had runs where stuff like Whip Worm has actually been really useful.

[@sirGuy1995]

Looking for this; Broken remote + any no charge item (which there are a good deal of) = infinite teleports! This means you can escape dangerous situations, get in and out of any locked room for free, and even skip to the end of every floor with just a few clicks.

[@ZYX03]

filigree feather is not useless in late game, there are quite a few ways you can fight an angel after not being able to get angel deals organically

[@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788]

That requires luck, you'd need a sacrificial room, a dark chest or a joker card, so you might as well replace it when a better option becomes available

[@jajasking9652]

​@@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788there's also a Rare super secret room layout with an angel and 3 blue hearts, as well as most notable in the form of stairway

[@Japie__]

@@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788 or stairway

[@Greenrock_bug]

⁠@@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788stairway and secret rooms can have can have angel statues so, pretty well worth to bring along if you don’t have anything better

[@infernox1099]

An important note for door stop is that if you are playing the lost, or you just luckily got holy mantle, you can use it to leave a room upon getting hit to basically retry the room without death looming over you

[@peco595]

I can say that Ouroboros worm has niche use on Azazel, as it's basically just free regular Brimstone that's only slightly harder to hit

[@oliviapenelopehope4497]

Butter can be used to get more items from whatever item pool you want if you manage to find a reroll machine in said room (or if you place one with that one repentance card). Using the item will drop it, then you can reroll until you have something better. Super niche item usage, but game breaking potential.

[@peco595]

Reverse Judgement I believe

[@nozm5958]

bob's bladder is actually surprisingly good early-mid game imo, the puddle of creep does INSANE dps (way more than the bomb itself) so if you push it into a boss that moves and the boss walks onto it it'll basically instantly kill them. its not too hard to use on a lot of bosses and i've been carried by it a few times. (i do have 2500 hours in the game. you got me)

[@peco595]

Plus if you get mom's purse and find lost cork too? Good stuff

[@Octo_0687]

​@@peco595 can't forget Mom's Box.

[@thegrahamreaper6851]

@@peco595 dude dude dude its actually so fucking goated in that scenario like huge puddles that deal 23 damage PER FUCKING TICK is shnasty

[@RBrito-fd4lc]

Matt's bomb pushing skills that i learned coming in clutch 💪

[@TheLaioElektrizzel]

Crow Heart can be very useful. If you find it as the forgotten. Then it causes any damage to use up the red hearts and not your Bone Hearts. So you only loose the bone hearts after all red hearts and greatly reduce the risk of losing devil chance

[@tomsthecat343]

Cursed skull had one utility in AB+, where you could use it as a safety net for Keeper since he had only 2 coin hearts to give you a chance to heal with a coin you left behind. Now it's completely useless.

[@coochiehutjr]

I feel like basing trinkets off their overall usefulness for an entire run feels kinda weirdly weighted? Like having a swallowed penny in the early or mid game can single handedly win your run so it ending up in the general “it’s whatever” feels pretty weird? Especially when the entire point of trinkets is the ability to just use different ones throughout a run! Still, great work on the tier list but the scoring system itself feels like a weird decision

[@foca7550]

Thank you for taking the time to show and describe the item’s effect. Most KZbinrs do not bother to do this for Isaac tier lists, despite being sorely needed.

[@rotor7135]

Agreed. How KZbinrs don’t see that it’s necessary is beyond me

[@KingPeuche]

Good list. Overlooked the power of dropping trinkets in the first room of a floor and only picking it up when you need it. This makes a lot of situational trinkets good, for ex the cursed trinkets

[@TheJohn424]

30:20 for cursed skull, there was one very specific instance where cursed skull actually helped me. This was back when I was still a beginner Isaac player and hadn't beaten mum yet. So I happened upon this trinket alongside Scapular, which gives you a free soul heart when you're reduced to half a heart. Which means every time mum kicks me, I lose my soul heart, get teleported out, and get a new soul heart. Making me practically invincible. It is an incredibly nieche scenario, but the item is not completely useless.

[@Octo_0687]

My Cursed Skull experience was completely different. I had Gimpy with Cursed Skull once. I kept having a skill issue and the 50/50 chance to get a full soul heart on critical health while holding the skull didn't really save my run that well. I got lucky on the first teleport, but after that, I got teleported out without gaining a soul heart. My run was doomed.

[@TheJohn424]

@@levichicwown9760 Like I said, this is literally the only time the item was ever useful in almost a thousand hours of play-time. I know it fucking sucks. But it's not "completely" useless.

[@JustCallMePaper]

Fun video, some things of note, I think the best possible use of cursed skull is after you beat the boss, you have a lot of hearts and you try to find the ultra secret room. I really liked that you had Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door music somewhere in the video, and thanks for the suggestion to get a snack it was what I needed.

[@krepikarp6715]

I love long tierlist videos, especially when like the person makes a case for each of them, great content

[@JyAre774]

You can't go wrong with a tier list and you have a great and unique visual support in the form of an excel, hope it helps you channel to grow!

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

Ay appreciate it! Yea from what I've learned everyone loves a good list of things lmao so I'm hopeful it'll do well but I'm just happy I finally got it out, I worked way too long on all of this lmao

[@JyAre774]

Yeah and I think others will agree that it's a delight to see your videos and unlike many , it's watchable more than once@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

lmao we gotta get that return viewership 😎

[@salv6357]

About broken remote: honestly with a bad run that has a no charge active that trinkets op With a no charge active like ventricle razor you can just go in any room or just skip the floor entirely to go to the boss or maybe get secret rooms! I won my first blue baby run with it a while ago in afterbirth so id say it shouldn't be the bottom tier as it can be used with specific conditions

[@marcobruckner6726]

My man also shows love for my favorite trinket (Modeling Clay)

[@jgames5fun503]

So sick that Modelling Clay got upgraded to a regular item in Four Souls. Definetly deserves it.

[@Lethargyman]

Love the list! I’ll toss in my defense for Gigante Bean: There are an overabundance of “meh”-tier farting items that become effective room-clearers with this item. I’d still not put it higher than “whatever” since it requires relevant items to be useful, but it’s great at opening up a different axis of combat.

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

Big fart = big funny

[@deliriushunter]

Swallowed Penny placement made me wanna rip my eyes out, pls reconsider this man.. (Seriously that thing is op af and can make your runs easily, if utilized properly)

[@jgames5fun503]

Swallowed penny is very eh. 1 coin per time your hit isnt very good, gives at most (not accounting healing) 24 coins. Which is 1-3 shop items, which are mediocre most of the time. Swallowed penny's greatest strength is being moderately common (bombing pots) and giving a 50% (?) chance to also drop a coin as Keeper.

[@mitch5944]

game breaks with swallowed penny+ refresh+ iv bag with a 3 cent heart in the shop

[@gemstone4264]

Haven't watched the video yet but I trust you Matt, 10/10 perfect takes

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

LMAO thanks for your blind trust :)

[@genericguymandude]

On an tainted keeper greedier run, I had umbilical cord. I got 8 Geminis.

[@no_u_420]

Bruh 💀

[@IdiotAstro]

umbilical cord is honestly underrated asf for some characters. Free familiar for non red heart characters is pretty cool ngl

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

truuuuuuuuuu

[@mamisspisser3814]

Very good video, i played isaac for a very long time, but I never remember trinkets effect and since I play on switch on don't want to look at the wiki everytime.. This video will surely change improve my wins so thanks!

[@ghoestrhoest376]

I love how well formulated this is! In a way, seeing a tier list presented like this with a kind of rubric makes it kinda feel offical! Will you do the same with items? if you do, would synergies be taken in account or would it just be the items raw power by itself?

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

I'm scared to even think about an item tier list lmao this trinket one took so long to make and there are like 5x as many items as there are trinkets 💀 I'm sure I will eventually tho lol so when I do yea I'll probably take something like that into account

[@ghoestrhoest376]

@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac i feel like thatd definitely would have to be split into parts like Rebirth/AB/Ab+/Rep, and maybe after the issac online beta releases since its most likely going to release with a patch, so your list doesn't get out dated

[@Memelord9001]

Equality is actually really good if you pull it off with careful planning. When everything matches it will not only make all new drops double, but anything that was a single drop will turn into a double when you re-enter the room. As long as the items are doubled, they won't undo if you mess up the counts or swap/drop the trinket. Generally when my items are equal I leave all drops until the end to pick up. But it's usually best on early floors

[@yhcgamer523]

Been waiting on this one for what feels like so long now (even though it’s only been a day or two) 10 mins in and I know it’s gonna be a banger

[@darkeater-midir]

12:18 Have to disagree with 'Paper Clip' being (it's whatever) to at least a tier higher. I honestly ended up in situations where in the Dark Room/Chest floor I had chests appearing, but lacked keys to unlock them. Heck, I even couldn't unlock the starter 4 at the time, so me getting Paper Clip was like a blessing, but that's a rare situations but did happen, lol. And I'm a full floor clearer type of player, and even then got screwed by no keys dropping. Overall, it is your opinion - I love your ranking and mostly agree with you. Although would have been great to have another ranking based on how much beneficial/dependent for the specific set of characters. You basically don't drop Swallowed Penny as Greed / Tainted Greed, this is a "WE WON" trinket for them. Don't know, if you read this comment or not, but regardless, I wish you the best and a solid video, comrade. 💜

[@Nards_1997]

Dang I love an in depth list. Gonna finish listening to this at work tomorrow lol.

[@WigwamMan]

great quality video, i can only imagine how long it took to make. great video 💙💙

[@starmanjr9179]

Yo thanks for this video my dude. Great info and well thought out.

[@The_Deep_Blue]

i think it'll be fun to put my thoughts too with this 1 - yeah i'd agree for the most part but i think it'd be better in gray because of the money you get is quite sizeable and adds up pretty quickly from my experience 2 - agree 3 - agree, id say yellow tho bc even if you have a mediocre active it can turn it into something thats pretty powerful 4 - even early game it's still pretty shit 5 - finally someone that realizes that purple heart isnt that bad, champions arent too hard and they can provide some decent stuff, i fully agree on this 6 - agree 7 - agree, it should be in its whatever though nonetheless because the potential with deals 8 - cartridge will barely ever proc, it has only a 5% chance base and luck barely affects it, requiring 38 luck to activate 100% of the time, i do think its in orange though but definitely not very helpful in early or mid game 9 - agree, its very situational (and its pretty good with godhead but its godhead so cmon) 10 - the tears and spectral is very nice, and the wiggle pattern isnt too hard to deal with, honestly i think its yellow 11 - same as ring worm but it's better in gray because the ring patterns a bit harder to attack with 12 - agree but they do look funny 13 - store credit in my opinion is really solid, a free shop item is really damn solid especially if theres a really good item, you can essentially convert a trinket into an item, i'd say it should be in gray 14 - another really underrated trinket, the only reason people say its bad is because they forget they have it, its essentially a budget flight 15 - this item use to be literally broken in the ab+ days, sadly now its fallen from grace although its still pretty solid, i think it should be in gray though because you can still emmass a pretty sizeable chunk of cash early on which can let you be set for late game with the shop items you may have 16 - wonderful trinket, definition of red tier 17 - it should be in gray tier because its nice to have black hearts be more common, yes, although black hearts in themselves are already rare to spawn naturally so its never something you actually notice 18 - same as above, although it can be very noticeable if you have the key pieces, too, also in late game you're not getting deals anymore so i'd honestly say its most harmful mid-game because you may have a lot of red heart containers and not enough room for any soul hearts 19 - agree, in late game though i'd say move it to cool i guess due to the chest (you'd be surprised by the amount of times i've gotten to chest with not a lot of keys, might just be the guppy's tail talkin though) 20 - i have never used this in my life, the thing with this is that you need to be RIGHT at death for it to be useful, i feel like it's most useful early game for getting a lot of hp while playing a sac room but by mid-game and especially late-game you have so much hp already you probably dont wanna sacrifice it all for 1 black heart in return, deserves gray tier at most, probably orange tier due to the amount of fall-off late game 21 - i never notice it doing anything my whole run tbh, agree 22 - daemon's tail is incredibly underrated, how it works is that 80% of your red hearts are turned into keys, however if a red heart successfully spawns it becomes a black heart. essentially, take mitre and paper clip and sort of combine them into one powerhouse of a trinket. this is an absolutely busted trinket and the only time i could see it being bad is if you're playing a red heart character like maggy or something, from my experience i've just gotten a metric fuck-ton of black hearts and keys that i have no idea what to do with em all, its incredibly solid at every point of the game, can be a boon when combined with guppy's tail and barely falls off late game, this deserves green tier, please stop sleeping on this absolutely amazing trinket 23 - agree, unlocks should not be accounted for with this because its basically forced usefulness i'll see if i finish this later

[@thequestionwhy3827]

Great vid! Id love to see the top tier/your favs get sorted again by ease of unlock, some absolutely goated trinkets are a real pain to unlock

[@leoaskham6564]

2:21:40 Can confirm, Expansion pack cannot use C-section

[@oxonexo]

good to see this video out, you know damn well im watching all of it

[@light6666]

you know store credit does work on devil deals as keeper cause he has to pay his deals in coin

[@CryoCrow06]

One thing to note about Sigil Of Baphomet is that the shield cant actually stack forever, it has a max cap of 5 seconds. But killing an enemy with 4 seconds does bring it back to 5 seconds. It is effectively infinite shield (equal to the enemies in the room), But if you use something like a death card on a room of flies like in your example then you will only get 5 seconds max and not 20 like you stated, that however does not mean that it isn't the fucking GOAT of all trinkets lmao.

[@victorkao1472]

one thing to note with devil's crown is that you can take both the normal AND blind item in alt path. It's especially useful in the ascent path because the blind devil deals are now revealed, and hopefully by this point you have more hearts to take on those devil deals. It's obviously useful all the way until home if you did take the deals, but you can obviously switch out the trinket if the item rooms are all already transformed.

[@jeremybrezenoff1280]

i think it'd be interesting to see how some of the money based trinkets stack up when playing fiend folio since shops are much more prevalent what with shop chests and store whistle. great video as is though, interesting analysis!

[@rainyboybbx]

The dedication to sit through this must be immeasurable. Loved the video tho!

[@XCola5678]

The daemons tail (probably) works by reducing red heart drops but if you get a red heart drop it changes it to black heart, its also very busted with the 3 skull gambling minigame because ALL hearts he drops wil be black

[@the_r4ts]

Ace of Hearts with Daemon's Tail is downright silly

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

it is downright silly

[@-AAA-147]

believe it or not but broken remote can break the game if you have an infinite use active (like guppy's paw), since you can just keep teleporting across a whole floor until you've every special room. probably the most boring and tedious way to break a run, but it can break one nonetheless

[@C-Vite]

Amazing video. It’s like I’m viewing the wiki as an animated gallery

[@clairepandabear]

The only time I have made use of the Equality trinket is in greed mode where you can usually quite easily make everything equal and not pick up coins on a floor until you have beaten all of it, than it goes off with double coins. other than that 0/10

[@DiamondBono]

Tick is pretty goated, it drains a lot of HP from late game bosses like Beast or Delirium, one of my favorites tbh.

[@dractaimatsu]

Pulse worm actually does have 1 use and that's that it works with godhead aura making it even better

[@Jarli477]

Good visuals although low quality-ish black text on basement floor is hard to read, W opinions for the most part & kept it concise. Im gonna say it, this is a certified Isaac community classic. Looking forward to the 12 hour items tierlist :)

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

I'm terrified to even start making it lmao 💀💀💀

[@takaruku8128]

I think you're underating mysterious candy, it gives you infinite money, red and soul hearts, it essentially is an instant win early and mid, and infinite health late game if you want to min-max the item. Essentially a one trinket game break

[@Nameappropriteforwork4470]

I would argue that, in a specific yet common scenario, the paperclip is still useful late-game; when you reach the chest/darkroom but you have very few keys, you physically CANNOT tell me that hasn't happened to you. You just can't.

[@TealZero]

Mysterious Candy actually procs it's effect every 30 seconds, so it's not half bad. Granted it's still in whatever, but it can really give you emergency bridges or poop drops, etc.

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

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[@KuroPix]

I would bump up Gulped Penny, the usefulness in early shops is very strong, you can recycle a lot of red hearts potentially, by having early coins in the run you boost the chance for arcades to appear which mean even more coins at the expense of red hearts... and all of that is boosted even more in greed mode.

[@Et3rnal_Shackl3s]

Child's leash is pretty good with lillith if you use it correctly. It can also help with dry baby by keeping him near you so you have something that tanks damage closer to you.

[@xnightsmistressx2006]

Watching this at work. gonna make my shift so much better

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

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[@flibbyjibby]

Your video quality is so good I am so surprised you’re under 10k

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

Ay appreciate it :) we are slowly but surely growing lol I've literally doubled my subs this last month its been wild to see

[@C-Vite]

Overall a great tier list, but I highly disagree with the left hand not being top tier. The cons the left hand offers is 100% worth it for not only a potential guppy, but the amount of soul hearts it offers which is nuts

[@gustavvaip1600]

"You don't want a lot of shot speed". Man you ever fought the mask of infamy with low shot speed?

[@muoli981]

I didn’t even realize how long the video was until about halfway through 😭 very cool video though :))

[@angelmontielcano5330]

I stopped playing Isaac and thanks to your videos I have started playing again!!! Love your videos ❤️

[@errynei]

You can use the poops from Mysterious Candy to bridge across gaps, which sometimes can help you get to a chest or pickups. It saved my run once. So I'd say its better than Whip Worm, which has never done anything for me (as far as I can tell)

[@lKKy.]

Thank you for this I hope I can retain most of not all the knowledge in these two and a half hours

[@loher4135]

Sigil of Baphomet absoutely deserves its placement, but if I recall correctly the stored invulnerability caps out at 5 seconds, so clearing a swarm of flies or something won't net you 20s as you say in the video. Still 10/10 trinket and it doesn't change its placement, just a minor thing to note.

[@zed60k47]

Crows heart is insane if you know how to use it, you can carry it into a new floor and drop it in the first room if you have no use for it rn but if you find a sac room or if you manage to kill the boss and are trying to full clear you can use it as a way to protect your soul hearts for the rest of the floor. It is however pretty replaceable in that if you have a better trinket you wouldn't want to bring crows heart to the next floor in its place

[@virven5750]

Actualy Gigante Bean also works on the spread from Contagion making it basiacly a guarantee in a normal room.

[@TheLost26]

Also dingle berry charmes all the enemy dips so its pratically dirty mind but in a trinket

[@watchrandomuser395onyoutube]

22:08 this one is insane in greed mode; basically free magic mush for all floors (apart from ultra greedier) 30:14 one item, scapular, otherwise yeah it’s trash

[@cassiesoul]

I believe Equality is meant to fundamentally change how you go through a run. If you decide to hold on to it and get it to trigger, what your meant to do is not pick up anything until you've full cleared the floor. That way all pickups have been doubled and if done correctly they'll stay equal once you picked everything up. Obviously this doesn't work all the time and as soon as you use a penny, drop a bomb or use a key it goes right back to normal. But that's just how I see it's functionality. Overall you'll get a lot more drops, catch is it'll have to be at the end of the floor. Provided your room drops continue to drop equally.

[@FadeIn2Obscurity]

Great video because now I know what half the trinkets in the game do

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

Glad I could help lmao good luck on the other half of trinkets 🙏🏻

[@Et3rnal_Shackl3s]

Also it you get the ability to hold 2 trinkets then lucky rock and blessed penny are a phenomenal combo, especially since lucky rock can spawn lucky pennies(I think at least since i remember using it to get insane amounts of luck)

[@joaquin4958]

The main use i found for 103° "Equality!" is in greedier mode. If you force to be always in 0 coins, 0 bombs and 0 keys then you get x2 coins in the floor, you spent all so as you return to the 000 and continue like that.

[@mamisspisser3814]

Equality! is really good early game, you pick one pickup of everything then you do the floor leaving all the new pickup on the ground and at the end you will have a ton of pickups. Then try to have an equal amount the next floor and repeat

[@brinkipinki]

Tick also removes armour from hush and delirium, which is pretty useful.

[@Tacky2713]

oh my what a polished vid. thanks, really appreciate the effort also 1:07:10 minor spelling mistake, skeleton divine death blast

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

ay appreciate it! Thanks for watchin :) And yeaaa i made so many spelling mistakes while making it lmao

[@skyfire0510]

with broken remote and any zero charge active item it is basically a more useable teleport item (and an interesting visual if the zero charge active item is how to jump)

[@kevinvieira2834]

Umbilical cord is great for true co-op. When a co-op player dies and becomes the little ghost the gemini baby will remain active and dealing damage thus making the dead player way more useful

[@phgumerr646]

More nelward 🔥 also I always forget how many trinkets there are and I got so confused on WHY it was 2 hours long!

[@dazkid33]

Are golden trinket/mom's box effects worth consideration? Because the amplified effect of Broken Remote is pretty good for full clearing floors and more. Free potential for Ultra Secret rooms and capping off floors with I AM ERROR rooms. Great for Ascent for extra supplies, between the smaller floors and tougher enemies.

[@semomemtipo]

Broken Remote is one of the most underated trinket you wonder why? Welll if you have active items like how to jump, isaac tears, boomerang, ventricle razor, backstabber and etc. You are have basically, pretty op combo and you can teleport for completely free! Or explore the floor in 20 seconds.

[@tinpot.official]

bro made an entire documentary about trinkets

[@ahmadmadi5858]

When you were talking about swallowed penny, what do you mean by "you get fewer shops mid game"?

[@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac]

oh i just mean that shop only appear on chapter 3 and not chapter 4 (the womb) so you don't have as many shops when you compare it to 'early game' (chapters 1 and 2)

[@ahmadmadi5858]

@@AnotherMattPlayingIsaac o OK 👍

[@sir.smartass731]

ive used crow's heart to esentially protect my soul hearts for the next floor after i already kill the boss, and then smuggle it. pretty okay but i wouldnt say its much better than where you put it

[@farofa1407]

I don’t know on how you can say maggys faith is “cool I guess” you can get so much benefits from it that it should probably be in we won imagine getting 1 free health per floor

[@killea1755]

you can get sacrifice room in sheol or cathedral were you can still fight angels for items with filigree feather

[@UncleHornieAUS]

The first time I ever used broken remote was to get out of boss rush after I got the item. It was the smartest thing I've ever done. Ended up dying to hush later on anyway but hey, it was still smart

[@ameliajales5307]

There’s a small problem with mysterious candy, being that poops can act as a shield for enemy bullets. This helps a lot when fighting delirium or mother.

[@the_r4ts]

Daemon's Tail slander on God- it turns most heart drops into keys which are way more useful than the red hearts you'd be finding instead and then also turns _literally every heart that actually drops into a black heart_ (except for in secret rooms that also turn every heart into a specific type). It's a "WE WON" early and mid game and "yoo that's pretty good" late game. Plus with Ace of Hearts it lets you black heart bomb your way through like 2 floors if you really wanted to Edit: Ok literally same reasoning you gave to put Mom's Pearl a tier higher except it pays out twice as often with the better heart type _and_ gives you extra keys to boot. What the hell

[@aVeryAngryMoth]

I think you really underrated the left hand in the mid to late game, having a chance to get soul hearts and deal teleports instead of pickups is a REALLY good trade off

[@toothclon]

mysterious paper is goated, it revived me 4 times as tainted lost in a single run xD

[@ZombieBacon1337]

Equality is amazing in Greed mode. Save coins for the end of a floor, match your pickups, and double your money! Go to the next floor, rinse and repeat! Drops that double dont ever swap back to single pickups, so since everything has dropped, you're set!