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Consumables
Tarot Cards Planet Cards Spectral Cards


Spectral Cards are a form of consumable you can obtain during a run.

Spectral Cards are similar to Tarot Cards in the sense that they generally modify the playing cards in the deck as well, though to a much greater extent than Tarot Cards. In exchange for these large modifications, they usually disadvantage the player in another aspect of gameplay, such as reducing hand size, destroying additional cards or consuming all money. There are 18 different cards with no unlock conditions, but they can usually only be found in booster packs and not individually. It is possible to spawn Spectral Cards via certain Jokers, or, in certain circumstances, purchase them in the shop, in which case they will take up a Consumable slot.

The chance of each Spectral card appearing is equal, except for The Soul and Black Hole. These two can only be found in Booster Packs, with the Spectral and Arcana packs being able to contain The Soul, and Spectral and Celestial packs being able to contain Black Hole. Both have a 0.3% chance to appear for every card found in one of their respective Booster Packs. These are also the only 2 Spectral cards that cannot be created by Sixth Sense Sixth Sense and SĆ©ance SĆ©ance, or found in the shop when using the Ghost Deck Ghost Deck.

List of Spectral Cards[]

Spectral Card Name Effect
Spectral Familiar Familiar Destroy 1 random card in your hand, but add 3 random Enhanced face cards instead.
Spectral Grim Grim Destroy 1 random card in your hand, but add 2 random Enhanced Aces instead.
Spectral Incantation Incantation Destroy 1 random card in your hand, but add 4 random Enhanced numbered cards instead.
Spectral Talisman Talisman Adds a Gold Seal to 1 selected card.
Spectral Aura Aura Adds a Foil, Holographic, or Polychrome edition (determined at random) to 1 selected card in hand.
Spectral Wraith Wraith Creates a random Rare Joker (must have room), but sets money to $0.
Spectral Sigil Sigil Converts every card in your hand to a single, random Suit.
Spectral Ouija Ouija Converts every card in your hand to a single, random Rank, but reduces total hand size by 1.
Spectral Ectoplasm Ectoplasm Adds Negative to a random Joker, but reduces total hand size by 1. (Hand size reduction on use increases by 1 for every time Ectoplasm is used in a run, eg. using Ectoplasm 3 times in the same run decreases hand size by a total of 6 (1+2+3))
Spectral Immolate Immolate Destroys 5 random cards in hand, but gain $20.
Spectral Ankh Ankh Creates a copy of 1 of your Jokers at random, then destroys the others, leaving you with two identical Jokers. (Editions are also copied, except Negative)
Spectral Deja Vu Deja Vu Adds a Red Seal to 1 selected card.
Spectral Hex Hex Adds Polychrome to a random Joker, and destroys the rest.
Spectral Trance Trance Adds a Blue Seal to 1 selected card.
Spectral Medium Medium Adds a Purple Seal to 1 selected card.
Spectral Cryptid Cryptid Creates 2 exact copies (including Enhancements, Editions and Seals) of a selected card in your hand.
Spectral Soul The Soul Creates a Legendary Joker, if you have room.


Artwork: This card is animated, with the gem beating like a heart, or perhaps something inside is trying to break out...

Spectral Black Hole Black Hole Upgrades every poker hand (including secret hands not yet discovered) by one level.

Trivia[]

  • Familiar, Grim, Immolate, Incantation, Sigil, and Ouija cannot be used when your hand size is 1.
  • Hex cannot be used when all your Jokers already have an Edition.
  • Wraith will always set your money to $0 even when in the negatives, removing the debt completely.
  • Aura has a 50% chance to make a card Foil, a 35% chance to make a card Holographic, and a 15% chance to make a card Polychrome. These are the same odds that Wheel of Fortune has when upgrading a Joker, given that Wheel of Fortune triggers.
  • Eternal Jokers cannot be destroyed by Hex or Ankh.
  • The art of Black Hole appears to be pulling in the sides of the card and its own name tag towards the center by the force of its gravity.

In other languages[]

Familiar
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ä½æ魔
Chinese (Traditional) ē†Ÿę‚‰
Dutch Gezel
French Familier
German Vertrauter
Indonesian Familiar
Italian Famiglio
Japanese ćƒ•ć‚”ćƒŸćƒŖć‚¢
Korean ģµģˆ™ķ•Ø
Polish Chowaniec
Portuguese (Brazilian) Familiar
Russian Š¤Š°Š¼ŠøŠ»ŃŒŃŃ€
Spanish (Spain) Familiar
Spanish (Latin America) Familiar
Grim
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) äø„å³»
Chinese (Traditional) ē„”ꃅ
Dutch Akelig
French Sinistre
German Finsternis
Indonesian Grim
Italian Tenebre
Japanese 悰ćƒŖ惠
Korean ģ•”ģšøķ•Ø
Polish Ponurak
Portuguese (Brazilian) Sombrio
Russian ŠœŃ€Š°Šŗ
Spanish (Spain) LĆŗgubre
Spanish (Latin America) LĆŗgubre
Incantation
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 咒čÆ­
Chinese (Traditional) 咒čŖž
Dutch Betovering
French Incantation
German Beschwƶrung
Indonesian Incantation
Italian Incantesimo
Japanese å‘Ŗꖇ
Korean ģ£¼ė¬ø
Polish Inkantacja
Portuguese (Brazilian) Encantamento
Russian Š—Š°ŠŗŠ»ŠøŠ½Š°Š½ŠøŠµ
Spanish (Spain) Encantamiento
Spanish (Latin America) Encantamiento
Talisman
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ꊤčŗ«ē¬¦
Chinese (Traditional) č­·čŗ«ē¬¦
Dutch Talisman
French Talisman
German Talisman
Indonesian Talisman
Italian Talismano
Japanese ć‚æćƒŖć‚¹ćƒžćƒ³
Korean ė¶€ģ 
Polish Talizman
Portuguese (Brazilian) TalismĆ£
Russian Š¢Š°Š»ŠøсŠ¼Š°Š½
Spanish (Spain) TalismƔn
Spanish (Latin America) TalismƔn
Aura
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 光ēŽÆ
Chinese (Traditional) 光ē’°
Dutch Aura
French Aura
German Aura
Indonesian Aura
Italian Aura
Japanese ć‚Ŗćƒ¼ćƒ©
Korean ģ•„ģš°ė¼
Polish Aura
Portuguese (Brazilian) Aura
Russian ŠŃƒŃ€Š°
Spanish (Spain) Aura
Spanish (Latin America) Aura
Wraith
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å¹½ēµ
Chinese (Traditional) 幻影
Dutch Schim
French Apparition
German Gespenst
Indonesian Wraith
Italian Fantasma
Japanese ćƒ¬ć‚¤ć‚¹
Korean ė§ė ¹
Polish UpiĆ³r
Portuguese (Brazilian) Espectro
Russian ŠŸŃ€ŠøŠ·Ń€Š°Šŗ
Spanish (Spain) Espectro
Spanish (Latin America) Espectro
Sigil
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ē¬¦å°
Chinese (Traditional) 魔ē¬¦
Dutch Teken
French Sceau
German Siegel
Indonesian Sigil
Italian Sigillo
Japanese ē“‹ē« 
Korean ģøģž„
Polish Pieczęć
Portuguese (Brazilian) SĆ­mbolo
Russian Š”ŠøŠ¼Š²Š¾Š»
Spanish (Spain) Sigilo
Spanish (Latin America) Sigilo
Ouija
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 占卜
Chinese (Traditional) 占卜ęæ
Dutch Ouija
French Ouija
German Ouija
Indonesian Ouija
Italian Ouija
Japanese 悦悤ć‚øćƒ£
Korean ģ ķŒ
Polish Ouija
Portuguese (Brazilian) Ouija
Russian Š£ŠøŠ“Š¶Š°
Spanish (Spain) Ouija
Spanish (Latin America) Ouija
Ectoplasm
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēµč“Ø
Chinese (Traditional) 靈č³Ŗ
Dutch Ectoplasma
French Ectoplasme
German Ektoplasma
Indonesian Ectoplasm
Italian Ectoplasma
Japanese ć‚Øć‚Æćƒˆćƒ—ćƒ©ć‚ŗ惠
Korean ģ‹¬ė ¹ģ²“
Polish Ektoplazma
Portuguese (Brazilian) Ectoplasma
Russian Š­ŠŗтŠ¾ŠæŠ»Š°Š·Š¼Š°
Spanish (Spain) Ectoplasma
Spanish (Latin America) Ectoplasma
Immolate
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ē«ē„­
Chinese (Traditional) ēŠ§ē‰²
Dutch In vlammen opgaan
French Immolation
German Opferung
Indonesian Immolate
Italian Immolazione
Japanese ē”Ÿč“„
Korean ė¶ˆė©ø
Polish Zniszczenie
Portuguese (Brazilian) ImolaĆ§Ć£o
Russian Š–ŠµŃ€Ń‚Š²Š¾ŠæрŠøŠ½Š¾ŃˆŠµŠ½ŠøŠµ
Spanish (Spain) InmolaciĆ³n
Spanish (Latin America) InmolaciĆ³n
Ankh
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ē”Ÿå‘½åå­—ē« 
Chinese (Traditional) 安協
Dutch Ankh
French Ankh
German Anch
Indonesian Ankh
Italian Ankh
Japanese ć‚¢ćƒ³ć‚Æ
Korean ģ•µķ¬
Polish Ankh
Portuguese (Brazilian) Ankh
Russian ŠŠ½Ń…
Spanish (Spain) Anj
Spanish (Latin America) Anj
Deja Vu
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ę—¢č§†ę„Ÿ
Chinese (Traditional) ę—¢č¦–ę„Ÿ
Dutch DĆ©jĆ  vu
French DĆ©jĆ  vu
German DĆ©jĆ -vu
Indonesian Deja Vu
Italian DĆ©jĆ  vu
Japanese 惇ć‚øćƒ£ćƒ“
Korean ė°ģžė·”
Polish DĆ©jĆ  vu
Portuguese (Brazilian) DĆ©jĆ  vu
Russian Š”ŠµŠ¶Š°Š²ŃŽ
Spanish (Spain) DĆ©jĆ  vu
Spanish (Latin America) DĆ©jĆ  vu
Hex
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å¦–ę³•
Chinese (Traditional) å¦–č”“
Dutch Hex
French MalƩfice
German Bann
Indonesian Hex
Italian Maledizione
Japanese 惘惃ć‚Æć‚¹
Korean ķ—„ģŠ¤
Polish Zły urok
Portuguese (Brazilian) FeitiƧo
Russian ŠŸŠ¾Ń€Ń‡Š°
Spanish (Spain) Maleficio
Spanish (Latin America) Maleficio
Trance
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) å…„čæ·
Chinese (Traditional) å…„čæ·
Dutch Trance
French Transe
German Trance
Indonesian Trance
Italian Trance
Japanese ćƒˆćƒ©ćƒ³ć‚¹
Korean ķŠøėžœģŠ¤
Polish Trans
Portuguese (Brazilian) Transe
Russian Š¢Ń€Š°Š½Ń
Spanish (Spain) Trance
Spanish (Latin America) Trance
Medium
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēµåŖ’
Chinese (Traditional) 靈åŖ’
Dutch Medium
French MĆ©dium
German Medium
Indonesian Medium
Italian Medium
Japanese ćƒŸćƒ‡ć‚£ć‚¢ćƒ 
Korean ėÆøė””ģ—„
Polish Medium
Portuguese (Brazilian) MĆ©dium
Russian ŠœŠµŠ“ŠøуŠ¼
Spanish (Spain) MĆ©dium
Spanish (Latin America) MĆ©dium
Cryptid
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ē„žē§˜ē”Ÿē‰©
Chinese (Traditional) 傳čŖŖ動ē‰©
Dutch Cryptide
French Cryptide
German Cryptid
Indonesian Cryptid
Italian Criptide
Japanese ć‚ÆćƒŖćƒ—ćƒ†ć‚£ćƒƒćƒ‰
Korean ķ¬ė¦½ķ‹°ė“œ
Polish Kryptyda
Portuguese (Brazilian) CriptĆ­deo
Russian ŠšŃ€ŠøŠæтŠøŠ“
Spanish (Spain) CrĆ­ptido
Spanish (Latin America) CrĆ­ptido
The Soul
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) ēµé­‚
Chinese (Traditional) 靈魂
Dutch De ziel
French L'Ć¢me
German Die Seele
Indonesian The Soul
Italian Anima
Japanese 魂
Korean ģ˜ķ˜¼
Polish Dusza
Portuguese (Brazilian) A Alma
Russian Š”ŃƒŃˆŠ°
Spanish (Spain) El alma
Spanish (Latin America) El alma
Black Hole
Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 黑ꓞ
Chinese (Traditional) 黑ꓞ
Dutch Zwart gat
French Trou noir
German Schwarzes Loch
Indonesian Black Hole
Italian Buco nero
Japanese ćƒ–ćƒ©ćƒƒć‚Æćƒ›ćƒ¼ćƒ«
Korean ėø”ėž™ķ™€
Polish Czarna dziura
Portuguese (Brazilian) Buraco Negro
Russian Š§ŠµŃ€Š½Š°Ń Š“ырŠ°
Spanish (Spain) Agujero negro
Spanish (Latin America) Agujero negro
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