Sock and Buskin is an unlockable Joker that retriggers all face cards - Jacks, Queens and Kings - that are scored in a hand. It does not retrigger face cards held in hand.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Abandoned Deck has anti-synergy since it contains no face cards by default.- Erratic Deck can be used to obtain a large amount of face cards at the start of the run, dependent on RNG. Similarly, it may produce an initial deck with very few face cards, creating anti-synergy.
Poker Hands[]
- 5 cards hands such as Full House, Five of a Kind, Flush House and Flush Five will let you retrigger the most amount of face cards.
- Straights, although being a five card hand can only let you play up to 3 face cards.
Jokers[]
- Hiker will permanently add +5 Chips per face card.
- Pareidolia will retrigger all cards.
- Smiley Face will add an additional +5 Mult per face card.
- Scary Face will add an additional +30 Chips per face card.
- Triboulet will add an additional X2 Mult per King or Queen.
- Bloodstone might give an additional X1.5 Mult for each heart face card which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s. The maximal multiplier which can achieved assuming a hand full of heart face cards is 〜57.67X.
Trivia[]
- Sock and buskin are ancient symbols of comedy and tragedy.
- Traditionally, the two masks of Comedy and Tragedy are known as Thalia and Melpomene.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 喜与悲 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 悲與喜 | |
| Dutch | Komedie en tragedie | |
| French | Tragicomédie | |
| German | Komödie und Tragödie | |
| Indonesian | Sock and Buskin | |
| Italian | Maschere tragicomiche | |
| Japanese | ソックスとバスキン | |
| Korean | 희극과 비극 | |
| Polish | Maski teatralne | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | A Meia e o Coturno | |
| Russian | Трагедия и комедия | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tragicomedia | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Tragedia y comedia |
