# Balatro Update 0.8.7

- Product: Balatro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balatro)
- Vendor: LocalThunk
- Date: 2023-07-01
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2379780/view/3648527372267131790
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/balatro/releases/2023-07-01-update-0.8.7

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- **added** — Added Tags as rewards for skipping each blind, with 15 new tag types including Uncommon, Rare, Negative, Foil, Holographic, Polychrome, Investment, Voucher, Boss, Gold Seal, Charm, Meteor, Enhanced, Handy, and Garbage tags
- **changed** — Blinds are now encountered individually with the option to face or skip the small blind, then the big blind, then the mandatory boss blind
- **changed** — Vouchers no longer restock every round; defeating the boss blind restocks the shop voucher
- **changed** — Unpurchased vouchers will reappear in the next shop until the boss blind is defeated
- **added** — Added tooltip text to High Priestess showing which card it will copy
- **added** — Added copy seed button to the game to copy seed to clipboard
- **added** — Added paste seed button to new seeded runs to paste text from clipboard
- **removed** — Removed the silver spoon and heirloom vouchers
- **added** — Added Blank and [????] vouchers to replace silver spoon and heirloom vouchers
- **changed** — Modified some Joker text to be more consistent
- **changed** — Invisible Joker now self destructs when it pays out
- **changed** — Mr Bones now only saves you if you have scored at least 25% of needed chips
- **changed** — Right click now deselects all cards in hand
- **changed** — Click on splash screen skips animation
- **changed** — Strength turns Aces into 2s
- **changed** — Demo round limit now tracked via Steam
- **changed** — Seeded runs show seed in red while unseeded runs show black
- **fixed** — Fixed bug where menu Play button does not let you select deck or continue
- **fixed** — Fixed bug where completed collections only had 203 of 204 unlocks
- **fixed** — Fixed bug where Chicot was not disabling the current boss
- **fixed** — Fixed bug where debuffed gold cards were returning to hand when played

Changes:
-Added 'Tags' - rewards for skipping each blind
-15 new tags in total:
Uncommon Tag, Rare Tag, Negative Tag, Foil Tag, Holographic Tag, Polychrome Tag, Investment Tag, Voucher Tag, Boss Tag, Gold Seal, Charm Tag, Meteor Tag, Enhanced Tag, Handy Tag, Garbage Tag
-Tags are automatically used at the appropriate time
-Blinds are now encountered individually. You must choose to face or skip the small blind, then face or skip the big blind, then you must face the boss blind
-Vouchers no longer restock every round. Defeating the boss blind restocks the shop voucher
-Unpurchased vouchers will reappear in the next shop until the boss blind is defeated
-Tutorial updated with this information
-Added tooltip text to High Priestess to show which card it will copy
-Added a 'copy seed' button to the game, copies seed to clipboard
-Added 'paste seed' button to new seeded runs, pastes text from clipboard
-Removed the silver spoon/hierloom vouchers
-Added Blank/[????] vouchers to replace them
-Modified some Joker text to be more consistent
-Invisible Joker now self destructs when it pays out
-Mr Bones now only saves you if you have scored at least 25% of needed chips
-Right click now deselects all cards in hand
-Click on splash screen skips animation
-Strength turns Aces into 2s
-Demo round limit now tracked via Steam
-Seeded runs show seed in red - unseeded shows black

Bugfixes:
-Fixed bug where menu 'Play' button doesn't let you select deck/continue
-Fixed bug where completed collections only had 203 of 204 unlocks
-Fixed bug where Chicot was not disabling the current boss
-Fixed bug where debuffed gold cards were returning to hand when played
-Fixed bug where the Hook crashes the game when no cards are left in hand
-Fixed bug where foil/holo/polychrome playing cards were not showing the effect on the back of the cards in some cases
-Fixed bug where nil high score was crashing the game
-Fixed bug where juggler/troubadour were adding random cards to your hand in the planetarium and tarot reading
-Fixed bug where num pad was not working as input for seeds
-Fixed bug where Raised Fist triggered on debuffed cards
-Fixed bug where duplicated stencil was not working during the next round
-Fixed Typo (reedeem -> redeem)
-Fixed bug where ride the bus was considering unscored cards
-Fixed bug where 8 ball was considering unscored cards
-Fixed bug where steel card description for The Chariot did not have '?'
-Fixed bug where debuffed cards behaved as if they had no suit
-Fixed bug where victory happened before saving the final hand result