Balatro has a multitude of keywords and card types that dramatically change your hand. One such term that may be confusing is Double Tag, which is a Tag variant that has some more peculiar behaviors when interacting with other Tags.
What do Tags and Double Tags do in Balatro?
In Balatro, Tags are bonuses that you receive for skipping a Blind, which will make you miss the Shop that comes after. They each have their own activation time and provide a wide range of bonuses. They also provide you with a gambit: to play the Blind and access the shop, potentially losing, or skip it for bonuses without Shop access.
Specifically, the Double Tag doubles the effect of the next Tag you choose (aside from another Double tag), regardless of the next Blind. That is essentially it. You can stack Double Tags, although their effect then adds instead of multiplying, to prevent it from being too overpowered.
This sounds simple enough, but you may want to make sure you understand exactly the Double Tag interacts with other Tags in Balatro.
Double Tag interactions in Balatro
Below is an extensive list of all Double Tag interactions with other Tags, so you can be best prepared. There’s nothing worse than losing because something didn’t have the exact effect you thought it would.
| Tag | Double Tag Interaction |
| Buffoon | Immediately open two Mega Buffoon Packs |
| Boss | Re-rolls the next Boss Blind twice. |
| Charm | Immediately open two Mega Arcana Packs. |
| Coupon | In the next two shops, initial Jokers and Booster Packs are free. |
| Double | Effects of the new Double Tag stack to add to the next Tag you choose. |
| D6 | In the next two Shops, re-rolls start at $0. |
| Economy | Doubles your money twice, adding a maximum of $40 each doubling effect. |
| Ethereal | Immediately open two Spectral Packs. |
| Foil | The next two base edition Joker you find in a Shop becomes Foil. |
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| Garbage | Gain $2 for each unused discard this run. |
| Handy | Gain $2 for each hand played this run. |
| Holographic | The next two base edition Joker you find in a Shop becomes Holographic. |
| Investment | Gain $30 after defeating the next Boss Blind. |
| Juggle | +6 Hand Size for the next round only. |
| Meteor | Immediately open two Mega Celestial Packs. |
| Negative | The next two base edition Joker you find in a Shop becomes Negative). |
| Orbital | Upgrades tag’s Poker Hand by six levels. |
| Polychrome | The next two base edition Joker you find in a Shop becomes Polychrome. |
| Rare | In the next Shop, two Rare Jokers are guaranteed. |
| Speed | Gives $10 for each Blind you’ve skipped this run (including the Blind skipped to gain this Tag). |
| Standard | Immediately open two Mega Standard Packs. |
| Top-up | Create up to 4 Common Jokers (provided there is space, however). |
| Uncommon | In the next Shop, two Uncommon Jokers are guaranteed. |
| Voucher | Adds two Vouchers to the next Shop. |
There we have it, everything you would possibly need to know about the Double Tag in Balatro. It’s an incredibly useful Tag, so be sure to use it wisely, it could allow you to get some huge Cash gains.
