Match Stick

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This article is about Match Stick, not to be confused with Match Book.

Match Stick is a trinket.

Effects

Gives a 10% chance of changing the room drop reward to a Bomb.
Gives a 33% chance of adding a bomb to the rewards from opening certain Chests, destroying Tinted Rocks, or certain Machines.
- Other than Tinted Rocks, these can only drop the bomb if they drop coins, hearts, Bombs, or Keys.
- This includes:
- This excludes:

Notes

Match Stick is the only trinket that is able to replace the Tick.
- Tick will not be removed if Isaac has multiple trinket slots through either Mom's Purse or Belly Button.
In addition to regular trinket drop sources, Match Stick may sometimes drop from TNT barrels.
- It is also dropped alongside 3 bombs from taking Match Book.

In-game Footage

Trivia

The pickup quote is a reference to The Simpsons, as in the episode "Das Bus", Ralph eats poisonous berries and says "They taste like burning...".
This item is used in Challenge #9 (Demo Man).
The Match Stick being able to replace the Tick is a reference to a common remedy for removing a tick from one's skin, which is putting a flame beside it until the tick disengages.