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Smeared Joker is a Joker which makes Diamond suit icon Diamonds and Heart suit icon Hearts count as the same suit, and Club suit icon Clubs and Spade suit icon Spades count as the same suit. This effect applies to all Jokers and Blinds which have an effect based on suit.

Synergies[]

Decks[]

Works in most decks, but should be avoided with the Checkered Deck Checkered Deck, as it is split between two suits that do not combine due to the Smeared Joker.

Poker Hands[]

Works best with the following hands if you are trying to go for a flush build.

Jokers[]

Generally, Any Joker that takes effect upon cards of certain suits will benefit from Smeared Joker, by activating on more cards, including:

There are other Jokers that work together well with Smeared Joker:

  • Troubadour Troubadour - With a hand size of 10, there will always be a Flush in hand.

Blinds[]

  • The Head - All Diamond and Heart cards are debuffed.
  • The Window - All Diamond and Heart cards are debuffed.
  • The Club - All Club and Spade cards are debuffed.
  • The Goad - All Club and Spade cards are debuffed.

Trivia[]

  • This card's name and design are a reference to how in a normal playing cards deck, Clubs and Spades are the same color, just like Diamonds and Hearts. As such, if the actual symbol of the suit was smeared and illegible, it would be difficult to tell them apart.
  • Due to the letters being smeared, this Joker is one of the only Jokers to not contain the word "Joker" in its sprite.

In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 模糊小丑
Chinese (Traditional) 歪臉小丑
Dutch Besmeurde Joker
French Joker barbouillé
German Schmieriger Joker
Indonesian Smeared Joker
Italian Jolly sbavato
Japanese スメアードジョーカー
Korean 얼룩진 조커
Polish Rozmazany Joker
Portuguese (Brazilian) Curinga Borrado
Russian Смазанный джокер
Spanish (Spain) Comodín borroso
Spanish (Latin America) Comodín borroso


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