How To Get A 100% Win Rate In Balatro 

I wrote, voiced, and edited this guide before 1.0.1f came out, so some of the joker screenshots are slightly outdated --- the basic principles in the guide still apply, so don't let that throw you off!

I hear whirling-in-rags and my mind gets activated like a sleeper agent. Great vid!

balatro attracts autistic people like lamps attract moths... anyways, thank you, this was actually really helpful! I like how you went straight to the point, actually gives me something to work with.

Im gonna preach my hatred for orange/ gold stake black deck on every balatro video i see until I beat it and finally move on on life. On day 2 of my grudge right now.

First off, you do a great job explaining. The video is well-structured and well-paced. Second off, BLESS YOU FOR PUTTING THE MUSIC SOURCE IN THE TIMESTAMPS!

I’ve literally been stuck on green stake for days for some reason, and after watching this video I beat it first try and then beat black stake on the second try right after. I was spending so much money on “synergy” jokers that only worked with the hands I wanted to play and booster packs and stuff before, now I have so much money I don’t know what to do with it. It feels great to not have to worry about what the boss is or what cards I draw because all of my scoring is in my jokers Edit: update, i just beat my first gold stake run! I had 7 hands per round from burglar and was eventually able to just one shot all of ante 8 from square joker, one holo joker + a ton of xMult cards. It’s like a whole different game

Insanely good video; high effort, fast to the point, straight forward, great personality and not a chore to listen to. Can't wait for update 1.0.1f and what kind of video you may make for that. Awesome job

Really good. Like how you explained your approach to the game in the end. I'm impressed

Awesome video. Been very inconsistent on Balatro runs and hopefully this guide brings my win rate up.

Good video and appreciate your admittance of not caring about endless mode, especially since a lot of your advice is very bad if that's someone's goal, but it's great advice if you just want to win.

Good Vid but do not sleep on planet cards! If you upgrade hands even a little bit the chips can allow you to net even need chip jokers which can give you more slots to mult utility and econ jokers. Especially with strong hands the planets scale very fast.

thank you for the tips! it's very thorough, concise and to-the-point 👍👍

Anything more Balatro is always fun to see, thanks for sharing this insight!

Literally watched this video and won with no struggle! Excellent breakdown 👍

Ohhhh. Oh that makes so much more sense. The part of my brain that played autobattlers just straight up refused to touch reroll more than once or twice without Flash Card. “No, my money that I get 5 of every round minimum is way too valuable to spend on one reroll, anyway I really hope this Arcana pack bails me out somehow. Maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll open a Buffoon Pack and find something in there besides my reflection.”

I saw your video, opened balatro and played with the strat of the chip joker, +mult joker, and 3 x mult jokers and I immediately won 💀 I bet it was of course with a little bit of luck but it was insane how comprehensive this video was. Great content and great video ❤

I would really love some unscripted videos where you play through runs and maybe explain the logic/reasoning behind what you do!

Such a good guide! I was hoping you would touch on the Skip Mechanic and when you use it. I personally only use it for the -1 Negative Jokers 🃏

My success rate went up massively when I started prioritising economy. Balatro is a game of luck but the more money you have, the more rerolls and the higher the probability of getting the cards you want. Really good video btw!

Good video! And I would wager to bet you’re doing this because you live in an atomized society and any excuse to socialize with strangers while also having fun is worth it because that is literally what life is all about But hey that’s just me

Good video, I agree that which jokers to buy and keep are easily the most important decisions you make in balatro. That said I think some planets are worth picking up though, like Venus, Mars, Saturn and maybe Jupiter all give decent boosts for hands that at the same time aren't too difficult to make. But I guess if you mostly focus on high card, yeah Pluto is kinda trash unless you are already swimming in money :D

Welcome back! I began to miss your videos :D

It would be great to be able to see you apply this strategy to real games fully recorded. I have checked a bit your channel but only see 10 minutes videos on specific topics

I finally beat orange stake while watching this video. A week and half of pain. Thanks!

hey boss thanks. After getting my ass beat by purple stake for the past three days i listened to this advice and got myself through it. Friendship ended with flush gaming. Now pair is my new best friend.

I tried it out today in my red pot games and it certainly comes in handy. I don't even want to think about the amount of money I've spent on tarot packs that didn't give any real improvement or on rerolls with joker packs available. Is the deck based on Tarot or 5-card hands still viable after the last patch? Greetings from Spain!

I just saw this video and it was an interesting view on how to win at Balatro. However, there's this problem where you need to unlock some things in the game to get it, for example, I still have 3 big bosses left (the boss at the end of Ante 8) and I think I need to get really big highscores to unlock them. Also there are some jokers and vouchers that you need to buy and unlock by doing the opposite of what you said in this video. What would you recommend to win matches but also want to unlock everything?

“Complete guide to Balatro” implies “Balatro is about white stake”

I JUST CAME FROM A FISH HAND WORTH THE AMOUNT SHOWN IN THE INTRO LOL

Great Vid! I was wondering how you play around skipping blinds and which tags are most effective that are worth skipping in each ante?

clicked for the balatro tips, subbed for the disco elysium music

Very surprised this doesn't have more views, very well-made tbh

I agree with this advice for white stake. To win all decks at gold you will need to have an expert understanding of mechanics that go beyond jokers however (e.g. deck manipulation). But this is a good way to get a baseline you can experiment off of. I will just mention that the latest patch created a couple imbalances - namely the Saturn planet card and the Mail In Rebate economy joker. You can leverage these often.

I wanna thank you this guide helped me beat gold stake on blue deck and orange on red I’m sure to beat gold on red soon

commenting for the algorithm :) i just beat gold stake for the first time on ghost deck, got a perishable brainstorm in the ante 8 big blind shop LMAO

Does the advice to avoid planet cards and use rerolls instead apply to the nebula deck?

You can't just throw Whirling in Rags on. That's like an emotional sucker punch lol

Well done. Great video.

Loved this

Have you ever run into the issue where your build is killing the early blinds too quickly, preventing scaling jokers from doing their thing?

Algorithiming. Great vid.

Okay, I will WATCH this video. I’m SO tryhard that I card count EVERY time I go for a flush or a straight and mental math the best option and try to never skip unless it makes like $40 but I STILL feel like there is a lot of strategy I’m missing

Yard intro jumpscare

Wow this really works great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!!

Saw the thumbnail Ok, this could be good *at white stake*

Comment for the engagement ❤ nice work, Autumn!

What are your thoughts on skipping blinds?

nice!

"No, and stop talking" pushed me over the hump to minimize the video and click the Subscribe button.

Mfw I buy anti synergy jokers together (Green Joker and Castle)

This guy must hate fun, me personally, I’m blessed with a divine helping of gentleman’s ambition

I would have liked this, if you hadn't lied about "100%" in the title, and doubled down on it in the title card.

seeing the comments from people who arent as into optimisation just kinda putting down ur playstyle which is kinda sad so i wanted to like leave a comment from someone who likes the less certain, inconsistent side of the game and mixing up my builds based on what i get given on a run thats more positive. idk why people have such an issue with you playing like that if its fun for you guys then im glad ur having fun with the game even if its not in the same way as me. regardless of playstyle the point of the game is still make number go big. either way youre going to go ok lets throw out this joker for this one because the number is bigger. thats how it works. we are all sitting here doing maths with our cards to some extent idk why people hate it so much when some people do more maths. plus theres good advice in here that applies regardless of build or playstyle, like the stuff about joker placement and building economy. u can just take the advice that works for your playstyle and ignore the rest its okay. yeah sure ik people on the internet like to be mean for no reason but im still like man why do u have to leave an insulting comment on the video cuz u dont want to play a game in the same way. why are u watching balatro strategy videos if ur gonna get mad at someone for having a consistent strategy. grow up.

i love when we optimize the fun out the game

I had to put it at 75% cuz you talk so fast

I feel like you sucked the game out of the game. I get that you enjoy having a 100%, ultra-consistent way to win every single time, but I don't think Balatro is best suited for that kind of thing. It's a cards game, revolving around poker, it makes sense to involve chance. When most vouchers, planet/tarot cards, tags and blinds are pointless, that means you are playing half the game. That's my way of seeing it

Ok but have you considered, hand independent is kinda boring. Same game every time

Sorry for being that guy but it's baLAtro not BAlatro

"i don't have a personality of my own so I just stole Hipyo's" But seriously good video xD