Photograph is a Common Joker that provides Multiplicative Mult. When the first played face card in a poker hand is scored, this will give X2 Mult after its Enhancement and Edition trigger. If said face card is retriggered by either a Joker effect or its own Red Seal, Photograph will also activate again.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
- A face card-heavy
Erratic Deck seed can score far higher in the early game with this card by allowing for easy Four of a Kinds and especially Five of a Kinds. - The Abandoned Deck should not be used with Photograph, as it has no face cards by default.
Poker Hands[]
- Full Houses, Two Pairs, Straights, and Flushes work best with this Joker, as they give additional opportunity for Enhanced and/or Editioned Aces and numbered cards to activate their effects first.
- Ensure you place your face cards to the right of your hand, so that the x2 Mult bonus applies after any Enhanced and/or Editioned Aces and numbered cards.
Jokers[]
This card has synergy with the following Jokers:
- Hanging Chad: Forming an extremely reliable and surprisingly strong early-game combo, these two Common Jokers essentially provide X8 Mult and +20 Chips on their own if the first scored card in a hand is a face card. A Flush will score a minimum of 2,528 (Fa 5 4 3 2), a Full House 2,752 (Fa Fa 2 2 2), and a Straight 3,008 (J 10 9 8 7). This means, with a little luck, Ante 2 on any difficulty can be cleared in a single hand per Blind with just this combo, while saving cash to make stronger purchases. The only exception is if The Wall Boss Blind is encountered at Ante 2; this will require 2 hands or something extra.
- Sock and Buskin: By retriggering all played face cards, Photograph's effect is doubled. This combo is most effective when you have stacked up a lot of Glass and/or Polychrome face cards, as they can shoot the Mult value way higher even after Photograph is done triggering.
- Dusk and Seltzer: These two are generally more effective than Sock and Buskin in bolstering this Joker, but instead of unconditionally applying to face cards, they are either conditional (Dusk) or temporary (Seltzer). They allow for 'when scored' effects of Aces and numbered cards (ex. Scholar, Mult Cards, and Holographic cards) to trigger twice before Photograph quadruples the Mult at the time the face card gets scored, leading to an overall higher score.
- The Idol: Providing X2 Mult when a card of a specific rank and suit is scored, it can double the rate at which this Joker skyrockets the score. At base, it only has a 3/13 (~23.1%) chance of choosing any face card at the end of a round, but deck manipulation through the likes of Tarot Cards such as Strength, The Lovers, and especially Death (which can unify suits while also copying other Card Modifiers stronger than the Wild Enhancement) can make it significantly easier to activate.
- Triboulet: An exceedingly rare Legendary Joker that gives X2 Mult when a King or Queen is scored. Pairing this with one of the aforementioned retrigger Jokers makes for an absurd amount of Mult when scoring a King or Queen.
- Pareidolia: It can be both good and bad when used with Photograph. It will cause the effect to always trigger, regardless of card value, but also always on the first card, preventing some Enhanced cards from reaching their full potential.
This card has anti-synergy with the following Jokers:
- Ride the Bus: As scoring a face card resets it back to +0 Mult, this Joker is unable to use its own effect without decimating many rounds' worth of Additive Mult scaling.
Trivia[]
- This Joker is square-shaped, rather than the typical rectangle. It evokes the style of the Polaroid camera film.
- This Joker and Cavendish (which can only be obtained after Gros Michel destroys itself in the same run) are the only Common Jokers that can provide Multiplicative Mult.
- This Joker is easily distinguishable when played against the Amber Acorn Finisher Blind, as it retains its unique shape even when flipped face-down. It shares this trait with Wee Joker, Square Joker, and Half Joker.
- A popular meme within the Balatro community has derived from the combination of this card and Hanging Chad, due to its ubiquity in higher Stakes since the latter's buff. It is frequently dubbed "The PhotoChad", or "The Chad Kroeger", the second of which is a reference to a 2005 song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, itself an Internet meme, as the song shares its name with this Joker, and the first name of the lead singer and guitarist is suggestive of the other Joker's.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 照片 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 攝影 | |
| Dutch | Foto | |
| French | Photographie | |
| German | Fotograf | |
| Indonesian | Photograph | |
| Italian | Fotografia | |
| Japanese | フォトグラフ | |
| Korean | 사진 | |
| Polish | Zdjęcie | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Fotografia | |
| Russian | Фотография | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fotografía | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Fotografía |
