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 # all the balatro mods I care about
 
+Please note, this isn't really intended for reuse. It's kept public for ease of copying to steam deck.
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 Everything's included as a git submodule. You should be able to `git clone --recurse-submodules Mods` in your balatro mods directory.
 
 * Windows: `%AppData%/Balatro`