diff --git a/Mage.Verify/src/test/java/mage/verify/VerifyCardDataTest.java b/Mage.Verify/src/test/java/mage/verify/VerifyCardDataTest.java
index 883c13ec24e..7c0089cf504 100644
--- a/Mage.Verify/src/test/java/mage/verify/VerifyCardDataTest.java
+++ b/Mage.Verify/src/test/java/mage/verify/VerifyCardDataTest.java
@@ -2567,6 +2567,9 @@ public class VerifyCardDataTest {
         //      becomes "Swampcycling {2}\nMountaincycling {2}"
         refText = splitCyclingAbilities(refText);
 
+        // ref text can contain dirty spaces after some text remove/fix, example: anchor words in Struggle for Project Purity
+        refText = refText.replaceAll(" +", " ");
+
         String[] refRules = refText.split("[\\$\\\n]"); // ref card's abilities can be splited by \n or $ chars
         for (int i = 0; i < refRules.length; i++) {
             refRules[i] = prepareRule(card.getName(), refRules[i]);