8 Ball
Effect: 1 in 4 chance for each played 8 to create a Tarot card when scored (Must have room)
BalatroBuddy tier: C (Our opinion)
8 Ball gives each scored 8 a 1 in 4 chance to create a Tarot card in Balatro (needs room). Common, $5, no unlock. Combos like Oops! All 6s.
Cost: $5
Rarity: Common
Category: Effect Jokers
Unlock requirement: Available from start.
How to play 8 Ball
Run 8s and play them often to farm Arcana. Fortune Teller gains +1 Mult per Tarot used; Tarot Merchant increases Tarot appearance—together they turn created Tarots into real scaling.
Best synergies
- Fortune Teller
- Tarot Merchant (voucher)
More Jokers
- Joker
- Greedy Joker
- Lusty Joker
- Wrathful Joker
- Gluttonous Joker
- Jolly Joker
- Zany Joker
- Mad Joker
- Crazy Joker
- Droll Joker
- Sly Joker
- Wily Joker
- Clever Joker
- Devious Joker
- Crafty Joker
- Half Joker
- Joker Stencil
- Four Fingers
- Mime
- Credit Card
- Ceremonial Dagger
- Banner
- Mystic Summit
- Marble Joker
- Loyalty Card
- Misprint
- Dusk
- Raised Fist
- Chaos the Clown
- Fibonacci
- Steel Joker
- Scary Face
- Abstract Joker
- Delayed Gratification
- Hack
- Pareidolia
- Gros Michel
- Even Steven
- Odd Todd
- Scholar
- Business Card
- Supernova
- Ride the Bus
- Space Joker
- Egg
- Burglar
- Blackboard
- Runner
- Ice Cream
- DNA
- Splash
- Blue Joker
- Sixth Sense
- Constellation
- Hiker
- Faceless Joker
- Green Joker
- Superposition
- To Do List
- Cavendish
- Card Sharp
- Red Card
- Madness
- Square Joker
- Séance
- Riff-Raff
- Vampire
- Shortcut
- Hologram
- Vagabond
- Baron
- Cloud 9
- Rocket
- Obelisk
- Midas Mask
- Luchador
- Photograph
- Gift Card
- Turtle Bean
- Erosion
- Reserved Parking
- Mail-In Rebate
- To the Moon
- Hallucination
- Fortune Teller
- Juggler
- Drunkard
- Stone Joker
- Golden Joker
- Lucky Cat
- Baseball Card
- Bull
- Diet Cola
- Trading Card
- Flash Card
- Popcorn
- Spare Trousers
- Ancient Joker
- Ramen
- Walkie Talkie
- Seltzer
- Castle
- Smiley Face
- Campfire
- Golden Ticket
- Mr. Bones
- Acrobat
- Sock and Buskin
- Swashbuckler
- Troubadour
- Certificate
- Smeared Joker
- Throwback
- Hanging Chad
- Rough Gem
- Bloodstone
- Arrowhead
- Onyx Agate
- Glass Joker
- Showman
- Flower Pot
- Blueprint
- Wee Joker
- Merry Andy
- Oops! All 6s
- The Idol
- Seeing Double
- Matador
- Hit the Road
- The Duo
- The Trio
- The Family
- The Order
- The Tribe
- Stuntman
- Invisible Joker
- Brainstorm
- Satellite
- Shoot the Moon
- Driver's License
- Cartomancer
- Astronomer
- Burnt Joker
- Bootstraps
- Canio
- Triboulet
- Yorick
- Chicot
- Perkeo