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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 Abandoned Deck has anti-synergy since it contains no face cards by default.

Poker Hands[]

  • 5 cards hands such as Full House and Five of a Kind 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[]

  • Pareidolia Pareidolia will retrigger all cards.
  • Smiley Face Smiley Face will add an additional +5 Mult per face card.
  • Scary Face Scary Face will add an additional +30 Chips per face card.
  • Triboulet Triboulet will add an additional x2 Mult per King or Queen.
  • Bloodstone Bloodstone might give an additional x1.5 Mult for each heart face card which can be guaranteed with Oops! All 6s Oops! All 6s. The maximal multiplier which can achieved assuming a hand full of heart face cards is 怜57.67X.

Trivia[]

  • Sock and buskin are allegedly 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äøŽę‚²
Chinese (Traditional) ę‚²čˆ‡å–œ
Dutch Komedie en tragedie
French TragicomƩdie
German Komƶdie und Tragƶdie
Indonesian Sock and Buskin
Italian Maschere tragicomiche
Japanese ć‚½ćƒƒć‚Æć‚¹ćØćƒć‚¹ć‚­ćƒ³
Korean ķ¬ź·¹ź³¼ ė¹„ź·¹
Polish Maski teatralne
Portuguese (Brazilian) A Meia e o Coturno
Russian Š¢Ń€Š°Š³ŠµŠ“Šøя Šø ŠŗŠ¾Š¼ŠµŠ“Šøя
Spanish (Spain) Tragicomedia
Spanish (Latin America) Tragedia y comedia


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