Tarot Cloth is a passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.
Effects[]
- Drops a random card or rune on pickup.
Adds an extra effect to a card, rune, or other card-like pickup.- Adds an extra effect to certain tarot cards.
Effects[]
Items not listed do not benefit from Tarot Cloth.
- I - The Magician: Gives The Book of Belial effect on top of homing.
- II - The High Priestess: Another foot strikes down shortly after the first.
- III - The Empress: Quadruples the stat increases.
- IV - The Emperor: If the boss has not yet been defeated, grants a Soul Heart on top of teleporting Isaac.
- V - The Hierophant: Spawns four or three Soul Hearts.
- VI - The Lovers: Spawns four or three Red Hearts.
- VII - The Chariot: Doubles the duration of the invulnerability.
- VIII - Justice: Spawns twice as many pickups.
- IX - The Hermit: Prevents Greed/ Super Greed from spawning in the shop. If the shop was already entered and Greed/Super Greed was fought, using the card turns it into a normal shop. (Does not create a working shop in the Mirrored World.)
- X - Wheel of Fortune: Spawns two Slot Machines.
- XI - Strength: Doubles the stat increases, but the damage multiplier applies only once.
- XIII - Death: Deals 80 damage to all enemies in the room.
- XIV - Temperance: Spawns two Blood Donation Machines.
- XV - The Devil: Damage increase is doubled.
- XVI - The Tower: Spawns 13 Troll Bombs.
- XVII - The Stars: If the treasure room was not entered before, it will have two items to choose from, as if More Options was active. This will not work if the card teleports you to a Planetarium.
- XIX - The Sun: Deals 200 damage or 400 damage to all enemies in the room.
- XX - Judgement: Spawns two Beggars.
- 2 of Clubs: Quadruples Isaac's Bombs.
- 2 of Diamonds: Quadruples Isaac's Coins.
- 2 of Spades: Quadruples Isaac's Keys.
- 2 of Hearts: Quadruples Isaac's Red Hearts.
- Suicide King: Spawns twice as many pickups/items/ Chests.
- ? Card: Activates the effect of Isaac's active item twice.
- Ancient Recall: Spawns 6 cards.
- Rune of Algiz: Doubles the duration of the shield, making it last a full minute.
- Rune of Berkano: Spawns 6 Blue Flies and 6 Blue Spiders.
- Rune of Dagaz: Removes any curses from the current floor and grants two Soul Hearts.
- Rune of Jera: Quadruples all pickups and chests in the room.
- Rune of Perthro: Instantly re-rolls items twice, essentially removing an extra item from the item pool.
- Blank Rune: Activates two random rune effects. Attempts to spawn additional Blank Rune twice.
- Black Rune: Deals 80 damage to all enemies in the room. Other effects are unchanged.
- 0 - The Fool?: Drops your 6 most recently collected items on the floor, alongside pickups. Does not affect quest items (e.g. The Polaroid) or Missing No..
- III - The Empress?: Adds a total of three temporary heart containers.
- V - The Hierophant?: Spawns 3 Bone Hearts.
- VI - The Lovers?: Adds 2 broken hearts and spawns 2 items.
- VIII - Justice?: Spawns 4-14 Locked Chests.
- IX - The Hermit?: Spawns 1 additional Penny.
- X - Wheel of Fortune?: Invokes an additional dice room effect.
- XII - The Hanged Man?: Doubles the effect time.
- XIV - Temperance?: Forces Isaac to eat 10 pills.
- XVI - The Tower?: Spawns 14 rock clusters.
- XVII - The Stars?: Removes 2 items and spawns 4.
- XX - Judgement?: Spawns two Shop Restock Machines.
Notes[]
- Tarot Cloth's effect also applies to card effects used through Blank Card.
- Only certain cards gain the Tarot Cloth effect with Blank Card, which include: I - The Magician, II - The High Priestess, III - The Empress, IV - The Emperor, V - The Hierophant, VI - The Lovers, VII - The Chariot, VIII - Justice, IX - The Hermit, XVII - The Stars, XIX - The Sun, 0 - The Fool?, III - The Empress?, V - The Hierophant?, VI - The Lovers?, VIII - Justice?, and XIV - Temperance?
- Three of these cards will have diminished Tarot Cloth effects:
- XIX - The Sun: Only 200 damage is dealt.
- 0 - The Fool?: Only 3 items drop instead of 6; this also applies with Car Battery.
- VIII - Justice?: Only 2-7 chests spawn.
- Three of these cards will have diminished Tarot Cloth effects:
- As a result, using the Blank Card in conjunction with the Car Battery will cause the effect of the active card to quadruple, instead of double.
- Only certain effects will be doubled again, which include: I - The Magician (only the damage up), III - The Empress, IV - The Emperor (only the soul hearts), V - The Hierophant, VI - The Lovers, VII - The Chariot, VIII - Justice, V - The Hierophant?, VI - The Lovers?, and XIV - Temperance?.
- The enhanced effect of The Fool? can't drop starting items in challenges on the ground.
- With a IX - The Hermit card, it is usually best to walk into the shop first. If Greed is there, he can be fought for money, and then the card can be used to restock the shop.
- (Rep+) Internal Item Descriptions properly display the buffed versions of the Tarot Cards; for example, for the XIII - Death card, IID display that it indeed deals 80 damage instead of 40.
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Trivia[]
- A tarot cloth is a particular type of tablecloth used to cover tables during tarot card readings.
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