Ice Cream is a common chips-type joker that provides a large Chips boost initially, which slowly fades over time. When Ice Cream reaches 0 Chips, it is destroyed.
Ice Cream starts at 100 Chips and will decrease by 5 chips after each hand played, so the first hand will provide the full 100 chips, not 95.
The sell value of Ice Cream does not depend on its current chip value, so it is best to sell Ice Cream when it is at +5 Chips, instead of letting it get destroyed (worth $0).
Strategy[]
Ice Cream is one of the best early-game Jokers. Most chips-type Jokers have significant tradeoffs, or require more hands to boost properly, which makes them unsuitable for the early-game.
Without any other jokers, enhanced cards, or leveled hand types, the best hand is a Royal Flush, worth 100 Chips, plus 50 Chips for the cards, and 8 Mult. A fully topped ice cream is worth the equivalent of x1.66 Mult for this hand. For a more typical good hand (like a KKKQQ full house), worth 40 Chips, plus 50 Chips for the cards, and 4 Mult, a fully topped ice cream is worth the equivalent of x2.2 Mult! There are no jokers in the deck this effective for a starting build.
As Ice Cream melts, it becomes significantly less valuable. If you depend on Ice Cream, keep an eye out for its replacement. Try not to add editions to it, as you'll lose them when it melts away.
In the early game, when paired a strong global + Mult joker, like 
Mystic Summit or 
Gros Michel, Ice Cream can allow otherwise low-value hands to score big, letting you beat blinds without using hands or discards, thereby racking up an early economy. Once you get past Ante 2 or 3, Ice Cream loses its relative effectiveness, compared to other build strategies.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Any deck can benefit from Ice Cream.
Poker Hands[]
It's recommended to play strong, 5-cards hand to score large with Ice Cream. If you can beat blinds with fewer hands, then Ice Cream will last longer. However, when paired with other jokers, Ice Cream can be part of a strategy that makes low-chip hands, like High Card or Pair, high scoring.
Jokers[]
Ice Cream can synergize with the following jokers:
Throwback: Ice Cream melts with every hand played, and Throwback wants to skip blinds.
As a chips-type Joker, Ice Cream pairs well with any additive mult or multiplicative mult Jokers.
Trivia[]
- Just like the real thing, the Ice Cream joker "melts" after each hand.
- The text "Melted!" will flash under Ice Cream when it disappears.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 冰淇淋 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 冰淇淋 | |
| Dutch | IJsco | |
| French | Crème glacée | |
| German | Eiscreme | |
| Indonesian | Ice Cream | |
| Italian | Gelato | |
| Japanese | アイスクリーム | |
| Korean | 아이스크림 | |
| Polish | Lody | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Sorvete | |
| Russian | Мороженое | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Helado | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Helado |
