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Driver's License is a rare Joker that provides x3 Mult if your full deck contains at least 16 enhanced cards. It is unlocked using this same condition.

It has little to no utility early on in a run due to its steep activation requirement, but by stacking a lot of enhancements early using other Jokers, Tarot cards that add enhancements, or opening lots of Standard packs, it can help secure a win by providing a significant boost in mult, especially when stacked with other multiplicative Jokers.

Synergies[]

Decks[]

  • Yellow Deck Yellow Deck: The bonus $10 allows for better econ in early to mid game to afford Booster packs.
  • Zodiac Deck Zodiac Deck: Increased Tarot cards in shop means more chance to get enhancement cards.

Poker Hands[]

Five card hands with high base Mult like Straight, Flush, Full House, etc benefit greatly from Driver's License.

Jokers[]

Jokers that add enhanced cards to your deck or change cards into enhanced ones like Marble Joker Marble Joker, Midas Mask Midas Mask, or DNA DNA can help activate Driver's License a lot sooner. Combining Midas Mask with Pareidolia Pareidolia is extremely effective for this instance as it can turn all scored cards into Gold cards, activating Driver's License at a record pace. Vagabond Vagabond can also create many enhanced cards very quickly.

Be very wary when using Vampire Vampire with this Joker. Because Vampire takes enhancements away to buff its own mult it will eventually cause Driver's License to become useless if you don't have a reliable way to supply more enhancements. If you insist on using these two Jokers together, put enhancement-adding jokers after Vampire so their effect can activate after Vampire so they keep supplying enhancements that way.

Consumables[]

Driver's License requires a large amount of enhanced cards, therefore consumables that adds enhancement are important to get this Joker online fast. Tarot cards like The Magician, The Empress and The Hierophant are preferred as they enhance up to 2 cards at once. The Lovers, The Chariot, The Devil, Justice and The Tower are good alternate pick up that enhance 1 card. Death can be used to duplicate an enhanced card as well.

Spectral cards that adds enhanced cards to your deck like Familiar, Grim and Incantation are useful to increase enhanced cards number, but be wary that they could also destroy an enhanced card in your hand as well.

Trivia[]

  • The number of enhanced cards needed to activate this Joker might be a reference to a common age required to be able to obtain a real driver's license. This varies by jurisdiction, is often between 15 and 21, and may include additional restrictions for younger drivers on types of vehicle or terms of use.
  • The name of the driver in this Joker is "Jen Joker", with her date of birth being December 3rd, 1995. The license expires on January 24th, 2025. The significance of these dates remains to be seen.
  • On December 3rd, 1995 (Jen Joker's birthday), US tennis player, Pete Sampras, beat Russian tennis player, Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 to give the US a winning 3-1 lead for the Davis Cup (record 31st US title).

Update History[]

0.9.2m-DEMO (undocumented)
  • Artwork
    • Name of Joker changed Jeb -> Jen


In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 驾驶执照
Chinese (Traditional) 駕照
Dutch Rijbewijs
French Permis de conduire
German Führerschein
Indonesian Driver's License
Italian Patente di guida
Japanese 運転免許証
Korean 운전면허증
Polish Prawo jazdy
Portuguese (Brazilian) Carteira de Habilitação
Russian Водительские права
Spanish (Spain) Permiso de conducir
Spanish (Latin America) Licencia de conducir


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