11 Best Balatro Mods | The Daily Juice

Balatro, the rogue-like poker game that blends strategy with chaotic fun, has captured the imagination of players and modders alike. As the game grows in popularity, a vibrant modding community has emerged, creating everything from visual enhancements to entirely new gameplay mechanics. Whether you're looking to spice up your runs, introduce new jokers, or overhaul the game's aesthetics, there's a mod to suit every playstyle. In this list, we highlight the 11 best Balatro mods that take your card-slinging experience to the next level. Always Show Seed Like any roguelike, seeds play a significant role in Balatro for players who are especially dedicated to practicing the game nonstop; they allow you to share runs with other players so they can experience unique builds and learn how their mechanics interact. You only gain access to the seed code for non-seeded runs after the run is over, but this mod changes that. Balatro Plus Much like expansions with a personal touch, some want to make more of what is already a great game. Balatro has solid gameplay that you can pick up quickly but will give you a run for your theoretical money as you try to win. Though, if you're looking for more to play and ways to increase the RNG, this modder is there. Balatro Plus can be called a content pack, changing how the game plays with its additions. It has the usual expansions with new Decks and Jokers but decides to go further with Consumables, Tags, and extra Boss Blinds. It's a nice add-on for the base game that will make you want to practice it to adapt to the expanded pool of elements. It truly is Balatro... plus more! Choose First Shop Joker Ante one is vital for a Balatro run, especially at higher stakes, and based on how much money and interest you have or the blind skips you take for the tags, it can significantly impact deciding whether you survive the next couple of antes. Getting a good early joker is especially key in Balatro, and this mod taps into that concept. With Choose First Shop Joker, you can head to your Joker collection page, select one card with F4, and it will always appear in the first shop of any run. This is a good way to boost yourself in more complex difficulties, and it can be a fun way to experiment with rarer jokers that are hard to come across, even in longer runs. Deck Jokers Though Balatro has 150 jokers, players who have played the game to death may already be too familiar with what to expect from shop re-rolls. If you're ready to spice things up, the Deck Jokers mod will be a great treat, as it adds five new jokers, new booster packs, and two new spectral cards. This mod also creates the all-new green seal, prioritizing playing cards when being drawn out of the deck. Perhaps this mod's most significant overhaul feature is the Joker Deck, which gives you +2 to your hand size but -2 to your Joker hand size, making things particularly interesting for builds that revolve entirely around Joker mixing. Fancy Decks Fancy Decks is a simple texture overhaul that makes the backs of your playing cards look nicer and more elaborate. Balatro has 15 decks in total, but after playing for so many hours, it can feel a little tired looking at the same patterns repeatedly, so if you want to make your playing cards look a lot fancier, this mod is easy to install. It will add a lot more color to your Balatro runs. Part of the fun of Balatro is unlocking as many things as possible, so it's a shame that you can't unlock any skins for your playing decks. Use the Fancy Decks mod to give your Plasma and Red decks a spruced-up feel. Jojo's Tarot Cards Balatro doesn’t just use the standard playing card suits. Jokers can come into play, adding chips and multi-bonuses. Planet cards raise the value of certain poker hands. Then Tarot cards pop up to change card suits, among other one-off effects. They can make or break hands depending on how they’re used. Still, as neat as Balatro’s take on Tarot cards is, they could be more colorful and stylish. Like the ones that turn up in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. KaptenApten’s mod replaces the standard Tarot deck with their Jojo designs. It’s only a cosmetic mod, so playing The World won’t drop a road roller or stop time or the like. But even non-Jojo fans might like their more artistic touch. Luigi's Casino Cards Unless people managed to play some of the Sonic Café games back in the day, the walking pincushion and his friends don’t have much to do with playing cards. Mario & co. have though, thanks to Luigi’s Casino in Super Mario 64 DS. The green one’s different card minigames became part of many Nintendo kids’ childhood memories, positive or otherwise. This is why Theredblood put together a mod that replaces Balatro’s standard suits with the ones from Luigi’s Casino. Instead of clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds, there are clouds, flowers, mushrooms, and stars, with Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi as the King, Queen, and Jack cards, respectively. That way, those old DS players can relive those happy(?) memories in Balatro. Preorder Cards By default, players won’t know what kind of cards they’re going to get when they buy them from the shop. The booster packs are completely sealed until bought, and the Joker/Tarot/Planet, etc. cards change every so often, with some card types being more likely to appear than others. But that can be changed with asd123cqp’s Preorder Cards mod, as it lets players choose which cards turn up for purchase. Once loaded (via Steamodded), players can press F4-F8 to "preorder" Negative, Polychrome, Holographic, Foil, and Base cases. Once selected, it’ll turn up in the shop, where it’ll be free to purchase. Pressing F9 will even let players unlock new cards. It’s a straight-up cheat mod, but sometimes it’s good to be bad once in a while. If only preordering games worked the same way. Roulette By Hellyom Usually, players can head to the shop to see if they can buy the right card (or cards) they need to keep their run going. However, if they don’t have the cash to splash, they won’t be running very far. Hellyom’s Roulette mod gives them the chance to build up their earnings in a flash by giving them a roulette wheel, so they can gamble while they gamble! It’s simpler than a real roulette wheel though, as the player only needs to bet on red, black, or green to increase their earnings by 1.8x, 2x, or 11x, respectively. If they win, they could earn enough to keep going and buy the best decks around. If they lose, their cash goes up in smoke, and they’ll have to start a new run. It's a neat way to drive the stakes higher and take a break from dealing cards. Sonic the Hedgehog Card Deck If players aren’t into Jojo or want something more than a Tarot Card mod, they could replace the standard suits with Sonic the Hedgehog characters! SeagullMoe took the images from the Sonic Advance 3 select screen to produce a new set of Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Aces, represented by Sonic, Amy Rose, Knuckles, and Tails, respectively. They come in different modes too, from featuring fully colored characters to a more monochrome grayscale where the figures are tinted to represent different suits. Both can also be toggled between a high-contrast or low-contrast appearance. Either way, they'll help the player run through the game in style, be it to the bank or bankruptcy. Uncap Hermit Money is one of the most essential mechanics and resources in Balatro, and a significant aspect of getting good at the game is learning how to manage cash. This includes how to acquire it and when to spend it. One of the most reliable ways to get quick cash for re-rolls or vouchers is the Hermit tarot card, which doubles your current cash to $20. With the Uncap Hermit mod, you can double your money no matter the value. Though this is a potentially game-breaking mod, it can be a fun way to experiment with Balatro for players who want to see just how far they can get in a run by purchasing as many re-rolls or packs as possible. It can also make Tarot metas a lot more interesting.