Starter Deck

 

"Extra card room"

Item ID
5.100.251

Character Appearance

Item Pool

			Crane Game
			Shop
			Shop

Collection Grid

(page 3, column 7, row 5)

(page 3, column 7, row 1)

Starter Deck is a passive item.

Effects

• Spawns a random card.
• Allows Isaac to carry two cards or runes at once. Cycle through cards by pressing the Control key (PC), R2 (PlayStation), RT (Xbox), or ZR (Switch, 3DS).
• Replaces all pills with cards except the pill dropped by Caffeine Pill. Pills already on the ground will be converted to cards or runes upon picking up Starter Deck.

Notes

• When picking up Starter Deck in a shop that has a pill for purchase, the pill can still be purchased and used. If the pill is dropped, it will be turned into a card.

Interactions

• Acid Baby: Spawns cards or runes instead of pills. Using cards or runes will not trigger the room-wide poisoning effect.
• Little Baggy: Overrides the effect of Little Baggy (switch from receiving only pills to only cards).
  • Having both items allow both cards and pills to appear again.
  • Picking up Little Baggy while already holding Starter Deck will turn any held cards or runes into pills for one time.
• Mom's Bottle of Pills: Gives a card instead of a pill, essentially becoming equivalent to a Deck of Cards.

Trivia

• The Starter Deck will paint a five-color pentagram on Isaac's head, which is a reference to the Magic: The Gathering logo.
• This item is used in It's in the Cards (challenge #14).

Gallery

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  Concept drawn for Starter Deck.

Inventory Expansion Items

Active items

• Schoolbag

Coins

• Deep Pockets

Cards/Pills

• Deep Pockets
• Little Baggy
• Polydactyly
• Starter Deck

Trinkets

• Mom's Purse
• Belly Button