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Scary Face is a common Joker that adds +30 Chips for each scored face card in a hand.

Synergies[]

Decks[]

  • Since the Abandoned Deck Abandoned Deck does not initially hold any face cards, Scary Face is not recommended for it.
  • Erratic Deck Erratic Deck can synergize with Scary Face if it's randomized to have lots of Face Cards.

Poker Hands[]

Scary Face requires face cards (King, Queen, and Jack) to trigger, so hands with more face cards in them will allow Scary Face to award more Chips. For example, a Full House consisting of K K K Q Q will trigger Scary Face five times.

Jokers[]

  • If the first card of the hand is a face card,Hanging Chad Hanging Chad will cause Scary Face to trigger thrice, giving +90 Chips.
  • Pareidolia Pareidolia causes Scary Face to trigger on all played cards.
  • Splash Splash allows non-scoring cards to trigger Scary Face (by making them score).

In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 恐怖面孔
Chinese (Traditional) 駭人的臉
Dutch Eng gezicht
French Figures d'effroi
German Gruselgesicht
Indonesian Scary Face
Italian Volto pauroso
Japanese スケアリーフェイス
Korean 무서운 얼굴
Polish Straszna Twarz
Portuguese (Brazilian) Realeza Assustadora
Russian Жуткое лицо
Spanish (Spain) Cara aterradora
Spanish (Latin America) Cara aterradora

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