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Balatro Planet Card: Vulcan

I got sucked into the world of Balatro like I needed another time-sink in my life. I promised myself I'd take a break from it this weekend and focus on something else. So I ended up diving into pixel art for the very first time to make a fan-made Planet Card for the game. XD

-Stone cards have no value or suit and a hand made exclusively with stone cards counts as a high-card no matter how many are used.

-A 'Vulcan' planet card upgrades how a hand with all Stone Cards is counted. ex:
(lvl. 1) All stone cards = high-card
(lvl. 2) All stone cards = pair
(lvl. 3) Two-pair
(lvl. 4) Three-of-a-kind
(lvl. 5) Straight
etc.

-Vulcan is a hypothesized planet *very* close to the Sun that was thought to exist by astronomers (Along with dense clusters of asteroids called "Vulcanoids") to explain observed deviations in Mercury's predicted orbit before Einstein's General Relativity provided the actual explanation. Since "Stone Hands" can't exist in real poker, even with Wild Jokers and multiple decks, it seemed appropriate to represent them with a planet that also doesn't actually exist.