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Modifiers are upgrades that can be applied to cards that provide many different benefits, such as improved scoring capability, money generation, or card manipulation. There are 4 types of Modifiers: Editions, Enhancements, Seals, and Stickers.

Playing cards may each have one Enhancement, one Edition, and one Seal.
Jokers may have one Edition and multiple Stickers. Some stakes and some Challenge runs enable stickers to be applied to jokers like the Eternal, the Perishable and/or the Rental stickers, providing some in-run changes.
Consumables (Tarot Cards, Planet Cards and Spectral Cards) can't have any modifiers normally, but can be spawned with Negative modifier with the Legendary Joker Perkeo.
Vouchers can never have any modifiers.

Applying a modifier to a card that already has that type (for example, applying a Red Seal to a card that already has a Blue Seal) will replace the previous modifier with the new one. Whenever a modifier is applied to a card, it retains the upgrade for the rest of the run. Editions are permanent and cannot be overwritten.

In general, modifiers are applied to Jokers and playing cards by Tarot or Spectral cards. Modified cards can also be found in Booster Packs or purchased directly from the Shop.

Debuffed cards (from Boss Blinds) have all modifier effects disabled except for Negative (+1 slot) and Stone (no rank and suit). Debuffed wild cards revert to their original suit.

Enhancements[]

Appearance Enhancement Effect
Bonus Card
+30 Chips
Mult Card
+4 Mult
Wild Card
Is considered to be every suit simultaneously
Glass Card

X2 Mult

1 in 4 chance to destroy card after all scoring is finished

Steel Card
X1.5 Mult while this card stays in hand
Stone Card

+50 Chips

No rank or suit

Card always scores

Gold Card
$3 if this card is held in hand at end of round
Lucky Card

1 in 5 chance for +20 Mult

1 in 15 chance to win $20

(Both can trigger on the same turn)

Editions[]

Appearance Edition Effect (Playing Cards) Effect (Jokers) Effect (Consumables)
Base
No extra effects No extra effects No extra effects
Foil
+50 Chips when scored +50 Chips directly before the Joker is reached during scoring N/A
Holographic
+10 Mult when scored +10 Mult directly before the Joker is reached during scoring N/A
Polychrome
X1.5 Mult when scored X1.5 Mult directly after the Joker is reached during scoring N/A
Negative
N/A +1 Joker slot +1 Consumable slot

(Can only be acquired through Perkeo)

Seals[]

Appearance Seal Effect
Gold Seal
Earn $3 when this card is played and scores
Red Seal

Retrigger this card 1 time

In addition to when being scored in a poker hand, this also includes in-hand effects such as lowest-value card for Raised Fist, in-hand Kings from Baron, Steel card multipliers, or money earned from Reserved Parking.

Blue Seal
Creates the Planet card for final played poker hand of round if held in hand (Must have room)
Purple Seal

Creates a Tarot card when discarded (Must have room)

Can be from discards by the player, or from the automatic discard of The Hook boss blind.

Stickers[]

See Stickers for more information about Eternal, Perishable and Rental modifiers on Jokers.

Appearance Rates[]

When generating cards at random (through the Shop, Booster Packs, etc), not all modifiers are equally likely. The chance for a modifier to get applied not only depends on the modifier, but also on the type of card, and on purchased Vouchers.

Jokers[]

Vouchers Edition chance Sticker chance
Negative Poly Holo Foil Eternal Perishable Rental
No 0.3% 0.3% 1.4% 2% 30% 30% 30%
Hone 0.9% 2.8% 4%
Glow Up 2.1% 5.6% 8%

See the Stickers page for more information about Stickers.

Playing Cards[]

Vouchers Edition chance Enhancement chance Seal chance
Poly Holo Foil
No 1.2% 2.8% 4% 40% 20%
Hone 2.4% 5.6% 8%
Glow Up 4.8% 11.2% 16%

The chance of getting each Enhancement/Seal is evenly distributed over their variants. This is for Booster Packs only, as the Illusion Voucher uses a different distribution for Modifiers. Illusion is bugged such that it never spawns seals, and is unaffected by Hone/Glow Up.

Trivia[]

  • The Wild card enhancement might be inspired by the Wild card from the card game Uno, where it also acts as any color.
  • Stone Cards have a suit and rank obscured by the enhancement, whether converted by using The Tower, spawned by Marble Joker, or found in Booster Packs. It is possible to revert a Stone Card back to its original rank and suit either by applying another enhancement, or by removing the stone enhancement with Vampire.
  • Compared to the demo releases, there have been some significant change to some modifiers:
    • Steel Cards originally gave X1.5 Mult when held in hand in the playtest build. The effect was later changed to give +5 Mult when held in hand during the first demo, and then eventually reverted to X1.5 Mult when held in hand during the second demo and upon release.
    • Gold Seal originally returned cards to hand after played. This effect was later moved to Blue Seal when the second demo was released, but was quickly changed to grant a random planet card when held in hand at the end of the round. As of Patch 1.0.1f, the Blue Seal was buffed again by creating the final hand played in the blind, allowing players to consistently scale their favorite hand type during each run.

Update History[]

1.0.1f
  • Changed Blue Seal effect:
    • Creates a Planet card if this card is held in hand at end of round -> Creates the Planet card for final played poker hand of round if held in hand (Must have room)

In other languages[]

Enhancements

Bonus Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å„–åŠ±ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) ēŽå‹µē‰Œ
Dutch Bonuskaart
French Carte bonus
German Bonuskarte
Indonesian Bonus Card
Italian Carta bonus
Japanese ćƒœćƒ¼ćƒŠć‚¹ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ė³“ė„ˆģŠ¤ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Bonusowa
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta BƓnus
Russian Š‘Š¾Š½ŃƒŃŠ½Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta adicional
Spanish (Latin America) Carta adicional
Mult Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å€ēŽ‡ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) å€ę•øē‰Œ
Dutch Multikaart
French Carte Multi.
German Mult-Karte
Indonesian Mult Card
Italian Carta Molt
Japanese å€ēŽ‡ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean 배수 ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Mnożnikowa
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta Multi
Russian ŠšŠ°Ń€Ń‚Š° Š¼Š½Š¾Š¶ŠøŃ‚ŠµŠ»Ń
Spanish (Spain) Carta multi
Spanish (Latin America) Carta multi
Wild Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) äø‡čƒ½ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) č¬čƒ½ē‰Œ
Dutch Wildkaart In Dutch, the concept of the wildcard is often referred to as 'the joker'. For obvious reasons, this wasn't done here.
French Carte Sauvage
German Wildcard
Indonesian Wild Card
Italian Carta multiuso
Japanese ćƒÆć‚¤ćƒ«ćƒ‰ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ģ™€ģ¼ė“œ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Dzika
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta Naipe Curinga
Russian Š”ŠøŠŗŠ°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta versƔtil
Spanish (Latin America) Carta versƔtil
Glass Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēŽ»ē’ƒē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) ēŽ»ē’ƒē‰Œ
Dutch Glazen kaart
French Carte Verre
German Glas-Karte
Indonesian Glass Card
Italian Carta di vetro
Japanese ć‚°ćƒ©ć‚¹ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean źø€ėž˜ģŠ¤ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Szklana
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta de Vidro
Russian Š”Ń‚ŠµŠŗŠ»ŃŠ½Š½Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta de vidrio
Spanish (Latin America) Carta de vidrio
Steel Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) é’¢é“ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) é‹¼éµē‰Œ
Dutch Staalkaart
French Carte Acier
German Stahl-Karte
Indonesian Steel Card
Italian Carta d'acciaio
Japanese ć‚¹ćƒćƒ¼ćƒ«ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ģŠ¤ķ‹ø ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Stalowa
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta de AƧo
Russian Š”Ń‚Š°Š»ŃŒŠ½Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta de acero
Spanish (Latin America) Carta de acero
Stone Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēŸ³å¤“ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) ēŸ³é ­ē‰Œ
Dutch Steenkaart
French Carte Pierre
German Stein-Karte
Indonesian Stone Card
Italian Carta di pietra
Japanese ć‚¹ćƒˆćƒ¼ćƒ³ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ģŠ¤ķ†¤ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Kamienna
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta de Pedra
Russian ŠšŠ°Š¼ŠµŠ½Š½Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta de piedra
Spanish (Latin America) Carta de piedra
Gold Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) é»„é‡‘ē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) é»ƒé‡‘ē‰Œ
Dutch Gouden kaart
French Carte Or
German Gold-Karte
Indonesian Gold Card
Italian Carta dorata
Japanese ć‚“ćƒ¼ćƒ«ćƒ‰ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ź³Øė“œ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Złota
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta Dourada
Russian Š—Š¾Š»Š¾Ń‚Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta de oro
Spanish (Latin America) Carta de oro
Lucky Card
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å¹øčæē‰Œ
Chinese (Traditional) å¹øé‹ē‰Œ
Dutch Bofkaart 'Boffen' is a verb that translates to 'being lucky'. The only indirect translation of the enhancement, though not immediately clear why.
French Carte Chance
German Glückskarte
Indonesian Lucky Card
Italian Carta fortunata
Japanese ćƒ©ćƒƒć‚­ćƒ¼ć‚«ćƒ¼ćƒ‰
Korean ėŸ­ķ‚¤ ģ¹“ė“œ
Polish Karta Szczęścia
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carta da Sorte
Russian Š”Ń‡Š°ŃŃ‚Š»ŠøŠ²Š°Ń карта
Spanish (Spain) Carta de la suerte
Spanish (Latin America) Carta de la suerte

Editions

Base
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) åŸŗē”€
Chinese (Traditional) 基本
Dutch Basis
French Base
German Basis
Indonesian Base
Italian Base
Japanese ćƒ™ćƒ¼ć‚¹
Korean źø°ė³ø
Polish Bazowa
Portuguese (Brazilian) Base
Russian База
Spanish (Spain) Base
Spanish (Latin America) Base
Foil
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) é—Ŗē®”
Chinese (Traditional) éŠ€ē®”
Dutch Folie
French Brillante
German Foil
Indonesian Foil
Italian Foil
Japanese ćƒ•ć‚©ć‚¤ćƒ«
Korean ķ¬ģ¼
Polish W folii
Portuguese (Brazilian) Laminado
Russian Š¤Š¾Š»ŃŒŠ³Š¾Š²Ń‹Š¹
Spanish (Spain) Laminada
Spanish (Latin America) Laminada
Holographic
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 镭射
Chinese (Traditional) å…Øåƒę”å½±
Dutch Holografisch
French Holographique
German Holografisch
Indonesian Holographic
Italian Olografica
Japanese ćƒ›ćƒ­ć‚°ćƒ©ćƒ 
Korean ķ™€ė”œź·øėž˜ķ”½
Polish Holograficzna
Portuguese (Brazilian) HologrƔfico
Russian Голографический
Spanish (Spain) HologrƔfica
Spanish (Latin America) HologrƔfica
Polychrome
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 多彩
Chinese (Traditional) 彩色
Dutch Polychroom
French Polychrome
German Polychrom
Indonesian Polychrome
Italian Policroma
Japanese ćƒćƒŖć‚Æćƒ­ćƒ¼ćƒ 
Korean ķ“ė¦¬ķ¬ė”¬
Polish Polichromowana
Portuguese (Brazilian) PolicromƔtico
Russian ŠŸŠ¾Š»ŠøŃ…Ń€Š¾Š¼Š½Ń‹Š¹
Spanish (Spain) PolĆ­croma
Spanish (Latin America) PolĆ­croma
Negative
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) č“Ÿē‰‡
Chinese (Traditional) 負片
Dutch Negatief
French NƩgatif
German Negativ
Indonesian Negatif
Italian Negativa
Japanese ćƒć‚¬ćƒ†ć‚£ćƒ–
Korean ė„¤ź±°ķ‹°ėøŒ
Polish Negatyw
Portuguese (Brazilian) Negativo
Russian ŠŠµŠ³Š°Ń‚ŠøŠ²Š½Ń‹Š¹
Spanish (Spain) Negativa
Spanish (Latin America) Negativa

Seals

Gold Seal
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) é‡‘č‰²čœ”å°
Chinese (Traditional) é‡‘č‰²å°č Ÿē« 
Dutch Gouden zegel
French Sceau d'or
German Goldenes Siegel
Indonesian Gold Seal
Italian Sigillo d'oro
Japanese ć‚“ćƒ¼ćƒ«ćƒ‰ć‚·ćƒ¼ćƒ«
Korean ź³Øė“œ ė“‰ģø
Polish Złota Pieczęć
Portuguese (Brazilian) Selo Dourado
Russian Š—Š¾Š»Š¾Ń‚Š°Ń ŠæŠµŃ‡Š°Ń‚ŃŒ
Spanish (Spain) Sello de oro
Spanish (Latin America) Sello de oro
Red Seal
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēŗ¢č‰²čœ”å°
Chinese (Traditional) ē“…č‰²å°č Ÿē« 
Dutch Rood zegel
French Sceau rouge
German Rotes Siegel
Indonesian Red Seal
Italian Sigillo rosso
Japanese ćƒ¬ćƒƒćƒ‰ć‚·ćƒ¼ćƒ«
Korean ė ˆė“œ ė“‰ģø
Polish Czerwona Pieczęć
Portuguese (Brazilian) Selo Vermelho
Russian ŠšŃ€Š°ŃŠ½Š°Ń ŠæŠµŃ‡Š°Ń‚ŃŒ
Spanish (Spain) Sello rojo
Spanish (Latin America) Sello rojo
Blue Seal
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) č“č‰²čœ”å°
Chinese (Traditional) č—č‰²å°č Ÿē« 
Dutch Blauw zegel
French Sceau bleu
German Blaues Siegel
Indonesian Blue Seal
Italian Sigillo blu
Japanese ćƒ–ćƒ«ćƒ¼ć‚·ćƒ¼ćƒ«
Korean 블루 ė“‰ģø
Polish Niebieska Pieczęć
Portuguese (Brazilian) Selo Azul
Russian Š”ŠøŠ½ŃŃ ŠæŠµŃ‡Š°Ń‚ŃŒ
Spanish (Spain) Sello azul
Spanish (Latin America) Sello azul
Purple Seal
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ē“«č‰²čœ”å°
Chinese (Traditional) ē“«č‰²å°č Ÿē« 
Dutch Paars zegel
French Sceau violet
German Lila Siegel
Indonesian Purple Seal
Italian Sigillo viola
Japanese ćƒ‘ćƒ¼ćƒ—ćƒ«ć‚·ćƒ¼ćƒ«
Korean ķ¼ķ”Œ ė“‰ģø
Polish Fioletowa Pieczęć
Portuguese (Brazilian) Selo Roxo
Russian Š¤ŠøŠ¾Š»ŠµŃ‚Š¾Š²Š°Ń ŠæŠµŃ‡Š°Ń‚ŃŒ
Spanish (Spain) Sello morado
Spanish (Latin America) Sello morado


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