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The Juggler gives +1 Hand Size when equipped, allowing the player to hold one more card in their hand. This makes it easier to search for poker hands that require five cards, and is a counter to Boss Blinds that reduce hand size.

Synergies[]

Decks[]

Juggler synergizes with all decks, as +1 hand size is always useful.

Poker Hands[]

Any strong 5 card hands can benefit from Juggler, as the increased hand size means higher chance to draw needed cards to form the hand. Juggler can also be good in High-card builds which rely on cards being in hand to score, such as with Steel cards.

Jokers[]

  • Baron: gives X mult for kings held in hand.
  • Shoot the Moon: gives +13 mult for each queen held in hand.
  • Mime: more cards held in hand means more cards for Mime to retrigger.
  • Troubadour: +2 hand size, coupled with Juggler, will provide a whooping 11 cards in hand.

Blinds[]

  • If Crimson Heart disables Juggler, the hand size will return to normal but current hand will stay intact until the next discard (ex: 9/8). By quitting to Main Menu and returning, the hand size actually permanently increases (ex: 9/9), giving players a permanent hand size upgrade.

Trivia[]

  • During the first demo, Juggler provided +2 hand size with no penalty, making it very powerful. It was nerfed to only provide +1 hand size upon release, and the +2 hand size is given to Troubadour with a -1 hand per round penalty as a caveat.

In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 杂耍师
Chinese (Traditional) 雜耍小丑
Dutch Jongleur
French Jongleur
German Jongleur
Indonesian Juggler
Italian Giocoliere
Japanese ジャグラー
Korean 저글러
Polish Żongler
Portuguese (Brazilian) Malabarista
Russian Жонглер
Spanish (Spain) Malabarista
Spanish (Latin America) Malabarista