Quidditch Cup FAQ

Q: There are a few cards that say, "When you play this card, draw a card." Do I have to draw the card even if I don't want to?

Q: There is a card that says my opponent can draw any number of cards. Does this mean my opponent can draw cards 1 at a time until he or she wants to stop, or does my opponent have to pick a number first and then draw exactly that many cards?
A: Your opponent can either pick a number first or just grab a random number of cards off the top of his or her deck. Once either of these actions takes place, however, your opponent can't draw any more or any fewer cards.

Q: Using Fred and George Weasley as my starting Character card, if I replace an Adventure with another Adventure that has the same name, does my opponent have to start solving the Adventure all over again or does my opponent get to count what he or she has already done (like skipping Actions) toward the new Adventure?
A: It's a brand-new Adventure, so your opponent has to start all over.

Q: If my opponent solves an Adventure after using both of his or her Actions, and the reward gives him or her 1 more Action that turn, does my opponent still get the extra Action or is it too late to add 1 in?
A: Your opponent still gets 1 more Action.

Q: To play a card such as Weakness Potion, I need to discard 1 of my Potions Lessons from play. If I don't have any Potions Lessons in play, what happens?
A: If you don't have any of the type of Lessons it says to discard, then you can't play the card. Remember that only actual Lesson cards are Lessons. Items or Characters that provide Potions Power don't count.

Q: If the Harry Potter card from Base Set is already in play, can I play Harry the Seeker?
A: No. The uniqueness rule applies to all variations of the same person's Character card. Harry is still Harry, no matter what the exact title of the card is.

Q: I played a Spell that doesn't let my opponent use Actions to play Lesson cards on his or her next turn. What if my opponent has an Item that lets him or her use an Action to put a Lesson card into play from his or her discard pile?
A: Using an Action to put a Lesson card into play from your discard pile is the same as using an Action to play a Lesson card from your hand. Your opponent wouldn't be able to use the Item to put a Lesson card into play from his or her discard pile because it is making him or her use an Action, and your Spell says that your opponent can't use Actions to play Lesson cards.

Q: Okay, I played that Spell again, but what if my opponent uses an Action to play a Spell that tells my opponent to put a Lesson card into play from his or her hand?
A: Even though your opponent had to use an Action to play the Spell, he or she didn't use an Action to play the Lesson card. Because your Spell stops your opponent only from using Actions to play Lesson cards, your opponent can use a Spell that tells him or her to put Lesson cards into play.

Q: My starting Character says that playing a Character card uses up only 1 of my Actions instead of 2. I also have an Item that says, "You may use 2 Actions to search your deck. You may take a Character card of a Character that isn't already in play and put it into play. Then shuffle your deck." Did I just use 1 Action or 2?
A: Similar to the answer for the last question, you didn't use 2 Actions to put the Character card into play. Instead, you used 2 Actions to search your deck, so your starting Character doesn't give you a discount.

Q: I need to do 4 more damage to my opponent to win a Match. If I play a Spell that does 4 damage to my opponent and then makes him or her choose 1 of his or her cards in play and discard it, what happens first? Do I get the prize for winning the Match first, or does my opponent have to discard a card from play first?
A: First do 4 damage to your opponent. Now you've won the Match, but you have to wait until the whole Spell is finished before you can claim your prize. Your opponent chooses and discards a card from play. Then, you finally get the prize, even if the card your opponent chose to discard was the Match in play (since you already won it). The last thing that happens is that the Match card is put into the discard pile (if it didn't get there already by some other effect).

Q: There is a card that says, "Do 2 damage to your opponent. Then draw 2 cards." What if we both have only 2 cards left in our decks?
A: Usually, you do everything the card says in order and then take care of the other effects (see the answer to the question about Matches above). But losing the game is special, and it happens immediately whenever a player runs out of cards. So, do what the card says in order. First your opponent draws 2 cards. Now you see that he or she has run out of cards in his or her deck, so your opponent loses right away. The rest of your Spell never happens.