The Anti-Toad Alliance's badges were warmly received as soon as they came out, especially since they were distributed free to members of the Anti-Toad Alliance. After learning that buying one cost a Galleon, many students who hated Dolores Umbridge hurried to the Weasley twins to get a badge and wear it on their chests.
As for needing to sign their names to receive a badge, that was no problem at all. Most members of the Anti-Toad Alliance were actually members of Dumbledore's Army and had already signed once. Besides, the signature merely gave badge holders a ten percent discount on purchases.
For a time, Hogwarts students all took to wearing such badges on their chests, making it easier to identify one another's Houses and identities.
Whenever they saw someone wearing a badge from their own House, they exchanged meaningful smiles, leaving students without badges completely baffled.
To fit into this mysterious group, many people began asking where they could get House badges.
As a result, some students joined the Anti-Toad Alliance simply by following the crowd.
The Anti-Toad Alliance was no longer merely an organization that existed in name. It had become a genuine Anti-Umbridge Club and swiftly turned into the largest club in all of Hogwarts.
Students who had initially worried that joining the club might bring trouble soon discovered the benefits of joining the Anti-Toad Club.
Here, they could obtain all sorts of secret information, buy Joke items from Fred and George before they were publicly available, and get Wizarding Express magazines at relatively low prices—even old issues.
Among them, magical candies made by Albert, such as Calming Draughts, Brain Elixirs, and Vitality Tonics, which were relatively expensive, became items fifth years and seventh years rushed to buy.
Many students now liked to pop a Brain Elixir into