DNA is the ultimate card-copying Joker, allowing you to add an extra copy of the first card of the round to your deck if the first hand played contains only one single card. On its own, DNA provides minimal benefit. However, when synergized with card duplication strategies, DNA can power a machine that pushes scores way up.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
All decks work equally well with DNA.
Poker Hands[]
DNA works best with High Card, since it requires a High Card on the first Hand to trigger.
By creating more copies of cards, DNA can help a player access secret hands like Flush Five, Five of a Kind, or Flush House.
DNA is probably weakest when paired with strategies that prioritize Straights, because it is harder to duplicate cards into runs than it is to duplicate cards into sets.
Jokers[]
Hologram is DNA's absolute best partner. For every card DNA duplicates, Hologram increases x0.25 Mult. That means DNA can increase Hologram by x0.75 Mult per ante, on top of whatever other cards can be added to your deck.- Blue Joker is another good partner, that adds Chips based on the number of cards in the deck.
- Blueprint and Brainstorm can be combined with DNA to duplicate a card twice (or thrice if all three Jokers are used together), allowing you to quickly fill your deck with high value cards.
In general, DNA synergizes with any Joker that requires specific cards:
- Steel Joker - Through duplication of Steel Cards.
- Vampire - Through duplication of cards with enhanced effects, then playing them to power up Vampire.
- Baron - Through duplication of Kings
- Stone Joker - Through duplication of Stone Cards.
- Shoot the Moon - Through duplication of Queens.
- Driver's License - Through duplication of cards with enhanced effects.
- Glass Joker - Through duplication of glass cards, then playing them to break them.
DNA has anti-synergy with 
Erosion, since the cards added by DNA make it very difficult to get under 52 cards and build Erosion's Mult.
Trivia[]
- DNA is one of only three Jokers that add cards to your deck. The others are Marble Joker and Certificate.
- DNA, short for Deoxyribonucleic acid, is one of the "building blocks" of life, involved in the growth and development of all known organisms and many viruses. The card image is a typical representation of a double-helix, a section of a DNA strand.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | DNA | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | DNA | |
| Dutch | DNA | |
| French | ADN | |
| German | DNA | |
| Indonesian | DNA | |
| Italian | DNA | |
| Japanese | DNA | |
| Korean | DNA | |
| Polish | DNA | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | DNA | |
| Russian | ŠŠŠ | |
| Spanish (Spain) | ADN | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | ADN |
