Superposition is a common Joker that will gift you a Tarot card, whenever you can play Straights that contain Aces: either Ace/K/Q/J/10 or Ace/2/3/4/5.
Synergies[]
Decks[]
Red Deck gives an extra discard.- Blue Deck gives an extra hand.
- Painted Deck gives extra hand size.
- Abandoned Deck makes it impossible to get an A/K/Q/J/10 Straight, but about three times easier to assemble an A/2/3/4/5 Straight.
Poker Hands[]
- Straight with an Ace.
- Straight Flush (and Royal Flush) with an Ace.
Jokers[]
- Shortcut: Normally, there are only two possible straights that contain an ace: A/2/3/4/5, and 10/J/Q/K/A. This makes it relatively difficult to trigger Superposition. Shortcut, however, allows straights to skip single cards, vastly increasing the number of ways this joker can be triggered.
- Four Fingers: Similarly, though to a lesser extent, Four Fingers makes it easier to trigger Superposition by reducing the requirements for a straight to just 4 consecutive cards instead of 5.
- Mathematically, assuming a standard 52-card deck: the number of 5-card hands that trigger Superposition increases by a factor of 12 with the addition of Four Fingers, a factor of 16 with the addition of Shortcut, and a factor of 84 with both. Meanwhile, the chance of getting any straight at all increases by a factor of 12.2 with the addition of Four Fingers, a factor of 12.8 with the addition of Shortcut, and a factor of 76.3 with both.
- Be aware that the Ace must score for Superposition to trigger. 5/6/7/8/A will not trigger Superposition with only Four Fingers, though it will with both Four Fingers and Splash.
- Scholar and Walkie Talkie: Will give additional chips and Mult, as Straights triggering the Superposition effect will always contain an Ace, plus a 10 or 4.
Trivia[]
- In quantum mechanics, superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured. In Balatro, Aces can be either high or low depending on the rest of the hand. The sprite of this Joker resembles an electron, which can only have +1/2 or -1/2 spin, similar to how Aces can only form high or low straights.
Update History[]
0.9.3g
- Effect
- Superposition can no longer create Planet cards.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 叠加态 | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 完美位置 | |
| Dutch | Superpositie | |
| French | Superposition | |
| German | Superposition | |
| Indonesian | Superposition | |
| Italian | Sovrapposizione | |
| Japanese | スーパーポジション | |
| Korean | 중첩 | |
| Polish | Superpozycja | |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Sobreposição | |
| Russian | Суперпозиция | |
| Spanish (Spain) | Superposición | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Superposición |
