Best cards guide

[brentmorrow88]

For players who want to look out for the best cards from the start, and to avoid the ones with minigames the final boss Specter will likely win, I made this (rough and incomplete) guide.

 

Note that for regular battles, you can press X to see your opponent (and thus, which card you'll get upon winning), press O to back out and change the opponent & its type from a small pool of similar opponents. Cards with (4) or lower can be played immediately, anything higher requires attaining bananas. Within each grouping I've roughly ranked cards from best to worst based on HP and bananas stats.

 

IDEAL CARDS

Can beat Specter 100% of time with rewind for unchanging choice

 

≤4:

Oliver (4) 200, gain 4 bananas

Hex (4) 210

Smoothe E Verbage (4) 210

 

>4:

Specter (12) 500

Jackie Chimp (9) 310, steal 2 bananas -NOT tested but seems like position never changes

Ulsam (5) 220, steal 2 bananas

 

 

GREAT CARDS

Can beat Specter every time (minor skill or luck dependent)

 

≤4:

Jessica (4) 210, gain 3 bananas -simply mashing X never failed me

Sammonk Hung (4) 220, gain 3 bananas

Mummeek (4) 150, gain 5 bananas 

Anthony (4) 190, gain 3 bananas

Funki Gibbon (3) 190, gain 2 bananas -be good at button-mashing

Gonta (4) 210

Freeman (4) 200, steal 2 bananas -easy but might have to Get Good

Ookiko (4) 100, gain 5 bananas -quick reflexes dependent 

Furry (4) 110, gain 4 bananas -quick reflexes dependent

Gian (4) 220

Peakon (4) 240 -can be neck-and-neck

Miss Boo (4) 220 -can be neck-and-neck

Katharina (4) 190, steal 1 banana

Tomi (4) 190

 

>4:

Yellow Pipitron (9) 300, steal 3 bananas

Blue Pipitron (9) 300, steal 3 bananas

DJ 50 Pence (6) 270

Jon (5) 190, steal 2 bananas

 

 

GOOD CARDS

Can beat Specter every time (moderate skill dependent or too annoying to bother with)

 

≤4:

Ned (4) 240 -way too much frantic pausing

Kai (4) 230 -have to memorise

Kimoto (4) 180, gain 2 bananas -not tested enough

Pinkie (3) 220 -can be neck-and-neck

Layden Sama (2) 180 -quick reflexes dependent

 

>4:

Gombe (6) 260, steal 2 bananas

Tsurukichi (7) 300 -not tested enough

Kimonk Taku (7) 290 -doable once you figure it out

Ukitobi (7) 280 -not tested enough

Elvoos (6) 280

Marico (5) 240 -just a little long/annoying

 

 

BAD CARDS

Either too hard to beat Specter or straight up rigged against you

 

≤4:

Ricky Ger V (4) 210, gain 5 bananas -very hard

Jasoon (4) 240

Katie (4) 100, gain 8 bananas -seemed rigged

Dan B (4) 200, gain 2 bananas -not rigged but hard

Poncheechee (4) 180, gain 2 bananas

Salulu (4) 200 -seemed rigged

Mucho D Mand (4) 200

Monkerella (4) 190, gain 2 bananas -not rigged but may as well be

Mon K. Brave (4) 220 -not rigged but may as well be

Bo D. Gard (2) 180, gain 2 bananas -reportedly rigged

 

>4:

Pink Monkey Monkeo and Julieape (10) 360 -really long

Mondam (9) 310, steal 3 bananas

Mach Oogie (8) 300 -seemed rigged

Blue Monkey (10) 300 -seemed rigged

L. Beast (6) 270 -reportedly rigged

Cheeky (7) 270

Woodie (5) 260

Luca Mooka (7) 200 -doable but painful

Solomonk (8) 150, gain 1 banana for each eaten -too hard even against normal opponents

 

 

Many others I encountered but never tested against Specter. Feel free to leave notes in the replies about these.

Edited August 21, 2023 by brentmorrow88