The
Cheat! card can seem perplexing, which is why I wrote this rather expanded
explanation of it.
However, this phrase on the Cheat! card, "This item is legal for you to use even if it otherwise would not be," really does say it all: Once you have
Cheat! on an Item, it will always be legal for you to use it. Neither the card nor the rules tell you that you must pick how the
Cheat! card will apply to the Item you play it on.
The notion of ignoring any Item with
Cheat! on it when playing a new Item is a great way to determine if you could put the new Item into play.