Cruelty

Starting Contents[]

The starting deck contains the standard 52 cards.

Due to the -2 Joker slots penalty and very low econ, only several specific builds can clear this challenge.

Econ Jokers like Golden Joker, Cloud 9 or Rocket are good pickup early on to quickly build up to the max interest threshold.

Decks in Balatro

Standard Decks	Red Deck Blue Deck Yellow Deck Green Deck Black Deck Magic Deck Nebula Deck Ghost Deck Abandoned Deck Checkered Deck Zodiac Deck Painted Deck Anaglyph Deck Plasma Deck Erratic Deck

Challenge Decks	The Omelette 15 Minute City Rich get Richer On a Knife's Edge X-ray Vision Mad World Luxury Tax Non-Perishable Medusa Double or Nothing Typecast Inflation Bram Poker Fragile Monolith Blast Off Five-Card Draw Golden Needle Cruelty Jokerless