Official Balatro Playing Card Deck (Preorder)

[manu]

https://www.fangamer.com/products/balatro-playing-cards

Official Balatro playing cards are coming to Fangamer!

This deck of linen-finish cards, based on LocalThunk’s original in-game designs, includes 52 standard playing cards as well as four Jokers: Joker, Juggler, Blueprint, and Gros Michel. It's packed in a tuck box accented with silver foil.

[manu]

LocalThunk, the developer of Balatro, wrote an article about his relationship to playing cards. https://localthunk.com/blog/playing-cards

[Evilgamer]

playing cards about a game about playing cards

not sure who is the chicken or egg

[laitostarr777]

Another deck of playing cards that I can't get due to not being in either United States or Europe

Sucks...

[zlexander]

Another deck of playing cards that I can't get due to not being in either United States or Europe

Sucks...

I believe fangamer ships worldwide

[zlexander]

Its a nice collectible piece for Balatro fans but I wouldve liked if they choose a different back design,red deck is the most basic one and also if they made a full release . Im seeing more beautiful ones on eBay .Tuck case is pretty basic as well.

[JazzBaloo]

Are these A.I. generated?

[GandalfPC]

they don’t appear to be (not to my eye, and not mentioned in the link)

[manu]

Seems unlikely

[laitostarr777]

Another deck of playing cards that I can't get due to not being in either United States or Europe

Sucks...

I believe fangamer ships worldwide

Ive tried checking out, and I got the same error message: can’t ship to your address.

Are these A.I. generated?

NOPE! These artworks are legit done by LocalThunk. The artstyle is pixel art

[EndersGame]

Given the low-tech pixel-style artwork, this is definitely more of a deck for dedicated Balatro fans, than for playing card collectors.

[GandalfPC]

I like it a bit.

[shunterino]

To take a game about customising cards and to produce a deck with zero customisation... feels like someone didn't really understand the brief.

[Honeybee]

I suppose you’re buying a game not a deck. Mind you I just bought a 1937 Pepy’s game/deck Belisha purely for the face card illustrations

Court cards without faces is a no-no for me or does that have some significance to the game?

[laitostarr777]

I like it a bit.

If only I can get it T.T sucks when the decks you wanted can't shipped to your country.

To take a game about customising cards and to produce a deck with zero customisation... feels like someone didn't really understand the brief.

You can't expect the game to become a physical one, right? The game is a rouge-like, means no two gameplays are the same (a.k.a random generated), and this physical deck is just the tip of the iceberg to bring the game to life - simply a novelty for it

[shunterino]

You can't expect the game to become a physical one, right? The game is a rouge-like, means no two gameplays are the same (a.k.a random generated), and this physical deck is just the tip of the iceberg to bring the game to life - simply a novelty for it

I don't expect that as the game is based around the 150 joker cards which would be hard to fit in a 52 card deck. But those jokers have various effects which change the look of individual cards which would be an easy way to customise the deck with game-related graphical changes. In fact if you look on Etsy you can see different ways to do a Balatro deck. My comment just points out that of all the Balatro decks available this 'official' one is the least interesting or game relevant, imo.

[Strag]

I purchased a deck off Temu because I wanted to see what it was like. Although the cards themselves are poor quality, the design is actually much more faithful to the game. I imagine this is what Etsy sellers are offering.