@eramdam @packetcat @neptune I hit scientific notation without watching any tips and just thinking "okay, what's the path for going exponential"
Really, that's all you need to focus on for Balatro: building to the point where you can unlock as many times-mult things as you can. That's the most disappointing part of Balatro for me, but the early game is still really fun, I just wish the high score games didn't make whole lots of jokers useless late game.