Balatro Game Rules

This document defines vanilla Balatro defaults and core game semantics.

Rule precedence

Current run values and active effects take precedence over the vanilla defaults in this document.

Use these defaults only when no active rule changes them.

Goal and Antes

The goal of each round is to earn enough Chips to defeat the current Blind.

A standard run has 8 Antes.

Each Ante normally contains, in order: