Maverick doesn’t often use Glass Cards in his decks, so wasn’t looking forward to unlocking the Shattered Achievement. It went pretty smoothly for him, though, and it should be for you as well.
The Basics of Unlocking the Shattered Achievement
To break 2 Glass Cards in one hand, you will obviously need Glass Cards. This involves buying Arcana Packs and applying Justice Tarot Cards to your existing cards. Of course you can also just find Glass Cards in Playing Card Packs, but it’s less consistent. Once you have a few Glass Cards, you can also use the Death Tarot Card and the Cryptid Spectral Card to copy existing Glass Cards.
If you don’t generally include Glass Cards in your decks, going for this achievement may be a bit annoying. Luckily, it shouldn’t take you all that long to unlock.
When To Go for the Shattered Achievement
There are 2 ways to go for this achievement, the immediate way or the easy way:
- The immediate way means that you will go for the achievement every run, regardless of what the shop throws at you. This may require a few tries but isn’t overly difficult.
- The easy way is to wait until you get an “Oops! All 6s” Joker early in the run. This unlockable Joker causes Glass Cards to break 50% of the time instead of 25%.
It would be a negative synergy in every context except for when you’re going for the Shattered Achievement. I recommend this route, if you have the patience to wait multiple runs before going for the achievement.
The Oops! All 6s Joker only has a chance to show up in the show if you ever scored at least 10,000 points in one hand. If you’re at the point you’re going for the Shattered achievement, however, it’s very likely that you already unlocked this Joker.
Regardless of which route you take, you will want to still play a solid game and prioritize survival. That means building up a good deck and moving towards $25 as you usually would to get your $5 interest each Round. Building up a sufficient amount of Glass Cards requires time, which means you need a deck that can get you to later Antes.
I recommend starting to go for the achievement on the second to last Ante before the expected end of your run. E.g., if you think you’ll make it to the end of Ante 8, try going for the Shattered Achievement at the beginning of Ante 7.
The Odds of the Shattered Achievement
Attempting to trigger the Achievement with just 2 Glass Cards is not advised. The odds of it happening are mediocre and you risk breaking one Glass Card, which decreases your odds of earning the achievement later in the run. That being said, if you fear your Run will end soon, just go for it. Odds of 1 out of 16 may not be superb, but they are also too good to be wasted if you may not get another chance.
Here are the full odds of the amount of Glass Cards you’ll break in different circumstances:
Your Deck of Choice
The Zodiac Deck with its extra Tarot Cards seems like the obvious choice, but I personally prefer the Abandoned Deck. This deck only has 40 starting cards, which makes it easier to draw out the Glass Cards to trigger the achievement.
To get the Abandoned Deck if you haven’t unlocked it yet, follow these steps:
- Unlock the Green Deck. This requires you to have at least 75 items in your collection. Tarot Cards, Planet Cards, Spectral Cards, Jokers etc. all count as collection items, so you’ll get here soon enough. Just remember that seeing an item in the shop isn’t enough to discover it (add it to your collection). You also need to buy each item at least once.
- Win at least one Run with the Green Deck. Winning on the lowest difficulty suffices.
As always when trying to earn an achievement, I recommend playing at the lowest difficulty level (White Stake). There is no reason to add another layer of difficulty and the further you get, the more Glass Cards you’ll be able to add to your deck and the higher your odds of drawing them.