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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 Zodiac Deck benefits greatly thanks to its increased Tarot Cards rate in shop, while the Yellow Deck 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 Photograph: If a face card is the first scored card in a hand, provides 8x Mult, which is an extremely strong combo for 2 common jokers.
  • Scary Face Scary Face: If a face card is the first scored card in a hand, Hanging Chad will cause Scary Face's Chips bonus to face cards to apply thrice.
  • Scholar Scholar: Similar to the above examples, but with Aces.
  • Bloodstone Bloodstone: If the first card scored is a heart, can provide up to 3.375x Mult which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s Oops! All 6s.

Consumables[]

  • 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.

Trivia[]

  • A chad is the fragment of paper created when a hole is made in paper or similar substances, for example, with a hole punch. A hanging chad is one that hasn't fully been separated (specifically in a way where it's only still attached to the paper at a singular corner), and in some systems, such as computer punch cards or voting machines, it could cause errors.
  • 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 "ā€¢ā€¢||" or "0011", which is binary for 3.
  • Possibly a reference to the 2000 US Presidential election, where hanging chad on punch card voting ballots became a subject of major controversy, requiring multiple recounts. The election was so close that a court had to decide whether ballots with hanging chad should be counted.

Update History[]

1.0.1f
  • Effect
    • Retriggers first played card once -> retriggers the first played card 2 times

In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ęœŖꖭ选ē„Ø
Chinese (Traditional) ę‡ø孔ē„Ø
Dutch Ongeldige stem
French Carte de vote
German Stanzrest
Indonesian Hanging Chad
Italian Scheda non valida
Japanese ćƒćƒ³ć‚®ćƒ³ć‚°ćƒćƒ£ćƒ‰
Korean ģ¢…ģ“ źµ¬ė©
Polish Na włosku
Portuguese (Brazilian) Comprovante
Russian Š•Ń‰Šµ рŠ°Š·Š¾Šŗ
Spanish (Spain) Papel perforado
Spanish (Latin America) Papel perforado


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