Albert set down the microphone and looked around at the audience, his mind briefly drifting.
Was Wizard Cards fun?
Honestly, he didn't know either.
It was just a decent card game for passing the time, nothing more.
In his view, card games like this were only fun when everyone played together.
Its value as a way to relax and make friends was more important than the game's playability itself. That was why Albert had set out to create the Wizard Cards activity room.
The facts proved Albert's thinking wasn't wrong. At least quite a few students were willing to sit down and play Wizard Cards with their friends. As long as the game retained a certain number of players, it couldn't be considered a failure.
After a not particularly intense match, Hermione crushed Diggory two-nil, becoming the first to secure a place in the finals.
"We had such high hopes for you, and you lost so easily." Lee Jordan looked utterly heartbroken. "That was downright pathetic."
Cedric shrugged, unconcerned by Lee Jordan's words. He hadn't played much Wizard Cards lately and had made it all the way to the semifinals purely through meticulous thinking. When he encountered Hermione, who was no worse than him, her knowledge of Wizard Cards and her luck both surpassed his by quite a bit. Naturally, he was crushed.
To be honest, there weren't many students who were truly good at Wizard Cards. Everyone was mostly competing to see who sucked less, just having fun. These gatherings actually felt quite nice, and the ten Galleons each term weren't a bad little bonus either.
Next came Luna and Shanna's match. From the very start, it became fiercely competitive, far more brutal than the previous match. Their skills were clearly much higher than Cedric's as well.
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