Hanging Chad is a Joker that retriggers the first card that is scored in a played hand twice. This effectively triples that card's Chips value, plus any bonus effects it may have from Card Modifiers.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Because Hanging Chad retriggers the first card, it's important to have lots of useful buff cards in the deck. The 
Zodiac Deck benefits greatly thanks to its increased Tarot Cards rate in shop, while the 
Yellow Deck provides early economy to afford booster packs.
Poker Hands[]
Hanging Chad's effect applies to whatever card in a played hand that is scored first (i.e. the left-most card in a played hand). Before playing a hand, the player should re-order their cards so that the first scored card will be one that will provide the most benefits. For example, if a card will provide extra Chips or Mult when scored, Hanging Chad can be used to triple that benefit.
Jokers[]
Photograph: If a face card is the first scored card in a hand, provides x8 Mult, which is an extremely strong combo for 2 common jokers.- Scary Face: If a face card is the first scored card in a hand, provides +90 Chips.
- Bloodstone: If the first card scored is a heart, can provide up to x3.375 Mult which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s.
- Business Card: If a face card is the first scored card in a hand, can provide up to $6 which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s.
- Hiker: First played card will be upgraded 3 times, which provides +15 extra Chips instead of +5 extra Chips.
- Wee Joker: If the first card scored is a 2, provides +24 Chips instead of +8 Chips, which allows for faster scaling.
- Applies similarly with Greedy Joker, Lusty Joker, Wrathful Joker, Gluttonous Joker, Fibonacci, Even Steven, Odd Todd, Scholar, Business Card, Lucky Cat, Ancient Joker, Smiley Face, Golden Ticket, Rough Gem, Arrowhead, Onyx Agate, The Idol and Triboulet.
Consumables[]
- Gold Seals retrigger for a total of $9
- Glass cards benefits greatly as it can provide a whopping x8 base Mult.
- Lucky cards have a higher chance to proc with three triggers.
- Polychrome cards also greatly benefit as it can provide x3.375 base Mult.
- Does not retrigger Red Seals. (Hanging Chad will retrigger the card twice, followed by the red seal's retrigger, resulting in the card being scored four times)
Trivia[]
- A "chad" is the fragment of paper created when a hole is made in paper or similar substances, such as with a hole punch. A "hanging" chad is one that hasn't fully separated, remaining attached at a single corner. This became a major issue during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, where hanging chads on punch card ballots led to controversy and multiple recounts, ultimately requiring a court decision on whether such ballots should be counted. A visual reference to this appears in "How I Met Your Mother", where Ted Mosby wears a "Hanging Chad" costume in Season 7, Episode 6. This specific depiction of a "Hanging Chad" closely resembles the design of the card.
Ted Mosby's "Hanging Chad" costume
- Despite being see through from the front, this Joker has the default face down texture.
- The dot and line markings along the left edge of the card are binary numbers, where a dot represents 0 and a dash represents 1. The four visible numbers are, from top to bottom, 1, 2, 4, and 5. The hanging chad presumably obscures the symbols "
••||" or "0011", which is binary for 3.
Update History[]
- Effect
- Retriggers first played card once -> retriggers the first played card 2 times
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 未断选票 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 懸孔票 | |
| Dutch | Ongeldige stem | Translates as 'invalid vote', no equivalent cultural context. |
| French | Carte de vote | |
| German | Stanzrest | |
| Indonesian | Hanging Chad | |
| Italian | Scheda non valida | |
| Japanese | ハンギングチャド | |
| Korean | 종이 구멍 | |
| Polish | Na włosku | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Comprovante | |
| Russian | Еще разок | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Papel perforado | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Papel perforado |
