Base Set

Base Set launched the Harry Potter Trading Card Game in August 2001, about three months before Sorcerer's Stone reached theaters. Wizards of the Coast had first shown the game at the New York Toy Fair that February. The 116 cards cover the first book and film: the Sorting, first-year classes, Quidditch, and the creatures and characters of Harry's opening year at Hogwarts.

The chase cards are the ten Holo Portrait Premium characters, led by Harry Potter (#8) and followed by Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape. The best-known foil is the Unicorn.