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Affect.
I think it's actually correct in this usage because "effect" is a keyword in the game, so using "effect" triggers specific rules.
Plus Duke has a secret ability that if someone tries to argue the sentence isn't grammatical you get to give them a swirlie.
Pretty sure they're right. If something has no effect on you, it doesn't affect you.
I can't do a comprehensive search right now, but I've so far been unable to find the word "effect" on card text.
It’s not. Source: I gave the best years of my life to this game.
Effect
That's a noun. It's used as a verb in this card description, which is wrong.
Effect can be a verb also, but then the meaning is like "cause."
"The president's policies effected change."
It's technically accurate that cards with lots of text aren't going to effect me, I think.
Unless the cards with lots of text are actually your parents.
Irregardless, I don't think theirs really a difference between the too in this case.
No, that's definitely not how it works. It would never be worded this way to begin with, but this "effect" is just a homonym of the word you're referring to.
I don't make the rules fam