Takes an understandable and well-defined base in the form of poker and amplifies its strategic possibilities through what I can only describe as a complete numeric overload. By stripping the roguelike and deck builder genres to their most essential aspects, Balatro is able to laser focus on what they do best, and that's providing a space for strategizing and improvising your way through both good and bad luck by way of gained control over deeply flexible systems. It doesn't need to reinvent the wheel to make itself deeply engaging. I really like it!