All Balatro decks
Tier B Stake-difficulty unlock

Painted Deck

+2 hand size, −1 Joker slot

A bigger hand for better draws and easier Flushes and Straights, at the cost of one Joker slot.

How to Unlock the Painted Deck

Requirement: Win on Green Stake or harder.

See every unlock path in the all 15 decks guide. You can also open everything at once via Reset Profile → Unlock All, but that disables achievements on the profile.

How Painted Deck Works

Painted draws 10 cards instead of 8 but removes a Joker slot. The larger hand makes Flushes, Straights and five-card hands much easier to build and improves card selection. With only 4 joker slots, though, your engine has to be tighter.

How to Play It

Early · A1-3

Use the bigger hand to hit consistent Flushes and Straights and pick the best five cards each play.

Mid · A4-6

With one fewer slot, favour jokers that do two jobs at once, like scaling plus utility.

Late · A7-8

Held-in-hand builds thrive here. Baron and Mime get more Kings to work with.

Best Jokers for the Painted Deck

Tips

  • Baron plus Mime is excellent here. More hand size means more held Kings.
  • Four Fingers plus the big hand makes Flushes and Straights almost automatic.

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Plan a Painted Deck run

Model the build in the calculator, or read every deck's unlock in the full guide.