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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.
Irregardless, I don't think theirs really a difference between the too in this case.
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.
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