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The Turtle Bean provides +5 hand size upon equipped, and this number decreases by 1 every blind until it's completely bean and gone, destroying itself.

Synergies[]

Decks[]

Any deck can benefit from Turtle Bean, especially on Gold Stake.

Poker Hands[]

Any 5-card hand can benefit from Turtle Bean. In particular, the extra hand size makes finding matching cards for high value hands, like Straight Flush or Flush Five, much easier.

Jokers[]

If your goal is huge hand sizes, then:

Turtle Bean in particular synergizes with:

  • Throwback Throwback: Since Throwback benefits from skipping blinds, this extends the life of Turtle Bean.

Since Turtle Bean allows larger hand sizes, any joker that provides in-hand bonuses will benefit, like Baron Baron, Shoot the Moon Shoot the Moon, or Reserved Parking Reserved Parking.

Trivia[]

  • The black turtle bean is the only type of turtle bean. It is used in Latin American and Indian cuisine, to name a few.
  • The turtle bean is often just referred to a black bean in some areas.
  • The text "Eaten!" will flash under Turtle Bean when it disappears.
  • This Joker is part of the group of "Consumable" Jokers that decrease with usage. The other Jokers in this group are Ice Cream Ice Cream, Popcorn Popcorn, Seltzer Seltzer and Ramen Ramen.

In other languages[]

Language Name Notes
Chinese (Simplified) é»‘é¾Ÿč±†
Chinese (Traditional) ēƒé¾œč±†
Dutch Zwarte boon
French Haricot noir
German Schwarze Bohne
Indonesian Turtle Bean
Italian Fagiolo nero
Japanese ć‚æćƒ¼ćƒˆćƒ«ćƒ“ćƒ¼ćƒ³
Korean ź±°ė¶ ģ½©
Polish Czarna fasola
Portuguese (Brazilian) FeijĆ£o Preto
Russian Š§ŠµŃ€ŠµŠæŠ°Ń…Š¾Š²Ń‹Š¹ Š±Š¾Š±
Spanish (Spain) Habichuela negra
Spanish (Latin America) Frijol negro


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