Forum:Equip question/mermaid archer

I have a water deck and i was just wondering, does an effect monster's effect, such as those of "Star Boy", "Maryokutai", and "Eria the Water Charmer", still work if equipped to my "Mermaid Archer" as they are still technically face-up on the field and are treated as equip spell cards? My friends and I have been playing as if the effects are still active, because that is how it seems it should be from reading the card texts, but we would like to know for sure that the effects are still active officially. 65.73.148.116 (talk) 01:07, July 21, 2010 (UTC)