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The game's whole run, in order. The sets and promos come from the database; the milestones are from the history article, which has the sources.
February 2001
Wizards of the Coast shows the game at the American International Toy Fair in New York, February 10 to 14, with a set of playtest cards.
August 2001
Base Set released116 cards. Wizards of the Coast had first shown the game at the New York Toy Fair that FebruaryAugust 2001
2 promos
November 2001
Quidditch Cup released80 cards. All 80 cards are built around Quidditch: brooms, fouls, positions, and the house-match structure that every later set kept using.November 2001
5 promos
December 2001
1 promo
January 2002
1 promo
February 2002
1 promo
March 2002
Diagon Alley released80 cards. Its 80 cards are about the wizarding world's shops and shopping: the stores, the purchases, and Harry's walk down Diagon Alley in the first book.March 2002
1 promo
April 2002
2 promos
May 2002
2 promos
June 2002
Adventures at Hogwarts released80 cards. Its 80 cards follow the school year's day-to-day events and misadventures instead of a single story thread.June 2002
1 promo
July 2002
1 promo
August 2002
Harry Potter is outselling Star Wars and sits in the same conversation as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! in a sales article from the time.
August 2002
1 promo
September 2002
2 promos
October 2002
Wizards issues the Chamber of Secrets press release, dated October 1.
October 2002
Chamber of Secrets released140 cards. It came out in October 2002, about a month before the second film, and grew the checklist to 140 cardsNovember 2002
4 promos
Sometime in 2002
1 promo
2003
Wizards never announces an end. The line just stops, and organised play winds down through 2003.