Burglar is an Uncommon Effect Joker that provides three additional hands per round at the cost of losing all discards, which has the added benefit of increasing the player's income if they can beat the Blind without using all of their hands.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Blue Deck: Burglar adds +3 Hands on top of this deck's +1 Hand bonus, making this a good combo for builds that depend on playing many hands each round.- Green Deck: Burglar's extra Hands can potentially increase the earnings from this deck's $2 per remaining hand bonus, but it eliminates this deck's $1 per remaining discard bonus.
- Black Deck: Burglar is useful for compensating for this deck's -1 Hand penalty.
Poker Hands[]
Because Burglar enables repeated hand played, weaker but easier to assemble hands like High Card, Pair, and Two Pairs synergize well with this Joker.
Jokers[]
- Ride the Bus, Green Joker, Square Joker, Spare Trousers, or Supernova will all have extra opportunities to scale.
- Burglar's removal of all Discards ensures Mystic Summit's +15 Mult bonus will trigger on all hands.
- Blueprint and Brainstorm will both give even more hands on top of Burglar's own without a downside, as the player can freely rearrange Jokers afterwards.
- Additionally, because Burglar triggers right at the beginning of the round, the player can have Blueprint/Brainstorm copy a Marble Joker or Cartomancer when the blind is selected, then quickly swap Blueprint/Brainstorm to Burglar, and get the benefits of both. This requires very quick timing, however.
- Additionally, because Burglar triggers right at the beginning of the round, the player can have Blueprint/Brainstorm copy a
- Vagabond will have extra hands to create more Tarot Cards.
- Card Sharp will have extra opportunities to boost a hand.
- Loyalty Card can trigger every blind.
- Ramen and Green Joker will never deplete.
Blinds[]
Burglar can neutralize the effect of the following Blinds:
- The Needle (Play only 1 hand): Burglar activates after the boss reduces the number of hands to 1, resulting in a final total of 4 hands.
- The Water (Start with 0 discards): As the player would have started with 0 discards regardless, and can use additional hands from Burglar as discards.
Anti-Synergies[]
Decks[]
- Red Deck: Burglar negates this deck's +1 Discard bonus, leaving the player with 0 extra Discards. Since the extra Discard is the only benefit for selecting this deck, Burglar is a poor choice to accompany it.
Jokers[]
- Any Joker which cares about unused discards, including Banner and Delayed Gratification
- Any Joker that lose effect upon hands played, like Seltzer and Ice Cream, will likely be used up faster.
- Jokers that need cards to be discarded to scale (eg. Yorick and Castle)
- Jokers which give extra discards (eg. Drunkard and Merry Andy)
- Jokers that activate on discard (eg. Mail-In Rebate)
Blinds[]
Losing discards can be very crippling against certain Boss Blinds, which apply disruptive effects after playing a hand, including:
- The Hook will discard two cards randomly after each hand played, making it extremely hard to build a specific hand.
- Also, if the player already has a high count of hands (6 or more for standard 52-card decks) or a small deck, it's possible to run out of cards, resulting in an instant game over (which can not be prevented by Mr. Bones).
- Also, if the player already has a high count of hands (6 or more for standard 52-card decks) or a small deck, it's possible to run out of cards, resulting in an instant game over (which can not be prevented by
- The Mouth: If the player does not draw a good starting hand, it is impossible to discard it, and all following hands will have to be of the same type.
- The Fish: The starting hand will be the only cards that can be seen face up, and the player will be playing blind once played.
- The Tooth: Since the player must use hands as discards, it is possible to lose up to $30 against The Tooth, which can cripple their economy.
Strategies[]
- Burglar is useful to scale any Jokers that requires lots of hands to build up. This includes Ride the Bus, Green Joker, Square Joker, Spare Trousers, or Supernova.
- Burglar is very strong if the player has Jokers which grant money or resources for each hand played, such as Reserved Parking, Space Joker or Vagabond.
- When triggered by multiple copies of Blueprint or Brainstorm, and holding Baron and Mime, while using Plasma Deck, players can achieve the elusive Naneinf score.
Trivia[]
- The Burglar wears the classic black-and-white stripes of an American prison uniform, first introduced in the New York prison system in the 1820s. This suggests the Burglar is also currently an inmate of a jail, or perhaps an escapee.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 窃贼 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 竊賊小丑 | |
| Dutch | Inbreker | |
| French | Cambrioleur | |
| German | Einbrecher | |
| Indonesian | Burglar | |
| Italian | Ladro | |
| Japanese | 強盗 | |
| Korean | 절도범 | |
| Polish | Włamywacz | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Ladrão | |
| Russian | Грабитель | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ladrón | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Ladrón |
