difference between cannot be affected and targeted

[gymkid818]

what is the difference between ninjas that cant be affected by your opponents effects or cant be targeted by your opponents affects?

[Mr Wheat]

Originally Posted by gymkid818

what is the difference between ninjas that cant be affected by your opponents effects or cant be targeted by your opponents affects?

in short...

"cannot be affected" - when an effect is ready to be applied, the Ninja is not affected by the effect. Exception: when the effect is affecting the Team as a whole, the Ninja gains no protection.

"cannot be targeted" - means that the Ninja cannot be declared as a target by the applicable parameters. If a card states "Target: 1 Jutsu", and the Jutsu cannot be targeted, then it is an illegal target. If a card is a legal target, then becomes an illegal target while the targeter is still on the chain, then the target becomes illegal and the targeter will fail. Exception: Anything that does NOT state a target will affect untargetable cards.

Effects that affect a Team, specifically state that.

Target: The Team battling against the user

Target: All Teams

Target: Every Team sent out to Battle

When a target is "Target: Every Ninja battling against the user" the effect is targeting each individual Ninja, not the Team as a whole.