They were experiencing the flip side of the Winner's Effect.

他们尝到了“胜者效应”带给失败者的苦头。

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For example, if "Monster Reborn" is activated, you cannot flip "Royal Oppression" face-up and activate the effect of "Royal Oppression" in the same chain.

举例，当对方发动死者苏生时，你不能反转（念起来好纠结）弹压并在同一连锁中使用弹压的效果。

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Mr. Truffaut uses all manner of quirky techniques, from old-fashioned irising in or out of an image to shots that are frozen in the midst of movement, creating a flip-book effect.

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It's the first-order effect of Moore's Law--the flip side of Gordon Moore's formulation.

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