Merry Andy is an uncommon joker that provides additional discards but at the cost of a reduced hand size.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Merry Andy is a good joker early game for the economy of the 
Green Deck, since it gains no interest and instead earns money only based on discards and hands remaining, extra discards are pretty valuable. Merry Andy can also be useful early game for the 
Painted Deck, as its hand size penalty is completely negated by Painted Deck's bonus hand size.
Poker Hands[]
- Straights usually require more discards to set up.
- If you need to draw a specific enhanced card to win, Merry Andy allows you to sift through up to 15 more cards every round.
Jokers[]
Juggler helps with negating this joker's downside.- Banner can combo with Merry Andy to provide additional chips early game.
- It also works well with Delayed Gratification for economy, increasing the payout by an extra $6.
- Burglar has anti-synergy, as Burglar always removes all discards (no matter the order of the 2 Jokers).
Trivia[]
- "Andy" is commonly used as a term on Twitch as a generic way to refer to a person. It's often preceded by any other combination of words, e.g. "Balatro Andy" would be a way to refer to someone playing this game.
- If you generate Merry Andy through a Judgement Tarot Card, you will get the extra discards for the current hand without cards being discarded from your hand, but will drop your hand size when you next draw.
- Merry Andy has the same unlock condition as the Speedrunner achievement.
Update history[]
1.0.0h
- Effect
- Leftover Discards carried over to the next round -> +3 discards each round, -1 hand size
- Rarity
- Rare -> Uncommon
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | åæ«ä¹å®čæŖ | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | åæ«ęØå°äø | |
| Dutch | Vrolijke Andy | |
| French | Andy le gentil | |
| German | Frƶhlicher Andy | |
| Indonesian | Merry Andy | |
| Italian | Risparmio di scarti | |
| Japanese | ć”ćŖć¼ć¢ć³ćć£ | |
| Korean | ģ¦ź±°ģ“ ģ¤ė | |
| Polish | Radosny Radek | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Jogada de Descartes | |
| Russian | ŠŠµŃŠµŠ»ŃŠ¹ ŠŠ½Š“Šø | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Loco por el circo | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Andy el alegre |
