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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.

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

playing cards about a game about playing cards

not sure who is the chicken or egg

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

Sucks...

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:59 am 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

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.

Are these A.I. generated?

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

Seems unlikely

zlexander wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:16 am

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:59 am 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.

JazzBaloo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:07 am Are these A.I. generated?

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

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

I like it a bit.

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

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?

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 9:11 pm 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.

shunterino wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 3:05 am 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

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 1:12 am 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.

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.