Is red card animation persistant?

I remember having the same issue for my Setzer replacement character. I remember that I had to put the 'extra effect' of the spell to Launcher (attack 8 times) and that seemed to change it then, for some reason. And it does not attack 8 times. This is done in the spell editor section, not the animation itself.

I'm not sure if it works though in all cases depending on the animation you are trying to use, but it might. I'm also not exactly sure why Red Card is a b*t*h to change, but it's probably due to it drawing the same animation as it does for the card weapon, though, making it an exception of sorts from the other spell/desperation attack animations.