2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban helped launch one of the most successful and impressive trading card lines of all-time. It’s not the first set based on the film franchise (that belongs to Wizards of the Coast’s Sorcerer’s Stone release) but it did take things to another level with its mix of autographs, costume cards and autographs.
2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Checklist Details
And the base set isn’t bad, either. It has 90 cards, recapping much of the movie minus some key spoilers and effects shots. Those would come in the Update set that came a few months later.
The autograph lineup isn’t the strongest of Artbox’s Harry Potter trading cards but it’s still quite a strong mix. Headlining the initial lineup of Harry Potter autographs is Emma Watson who played Hermione Granger. Other key signers include Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore).
2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban also has a fairly sizable checklist of costume and prop cards. All of these are serial numbered. Understandably, those with lower print runs generally carry the highest prices. Complicating things a little is the fact that a few of these cards were exclusive to certain parts of the world or used as incentives.
Hobby and retail packs each have their own set of foil cards. This would be common in most of Artbox’s Harry Potter sets.
With a print run of 500 cases, this is one of the rarest sets of Harry Potter trading cards. The set was an immediate hit, which sent box prices soaring. They’re tough to come by now. The moderate print run also meant that some of the tough cards were a little easier to pull, something that shifted greatly when production soared for the Update set.
2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 24
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Base Set
90 cards.
1 Title Card
2 Harry Potter
3 Ron Weasley
4 Hermione Granger
5 Sirius Black
6 Remus Lupin
7 Peter Pettigrew
8 Sibyll Trelawney
9 Severus Snape
10 Rubeus Hagrid
11 Albus Dumbledore
12 Minerva McGonagall
13 Draco Malfoy
14 Neville Longbottom
15 Cornelius Fudge
16 Argus Filch
17 Vincent Crabbe
18 Gregory Goyle
19 A Visit from Aunt Marge
20 Harry Loses His Temper
21 Aunt Marge Inflates
22 Floating into the Sky
23 Leaving the Dursleys
24 Something in the Shadows
25 The Knight Bus Appears
26 Boarding the Knight Bus
27 Arriving at the Leaky Cauldron
28 A Chat with Cornelius Fudge
29 The Monster Book of Monsters
30 Inside the Leaky Cauldron
31 Greeted by Ron and Hermione
32 Learning About Sirius Black
33 A Dementor Appears
34 Return to Hogwarts
35 The Choir Sings Out
36 Welcoming the Students
37 Magical Creatures Class
38 Hagrid’s Class
39 Draco Taunts Harry
40 Introducing Buckbeak
41 A Ride on Buckbeak’s Back
42 Clawed by Buckbeak
43 Sirius Black Sighted!
44 Professor Lupin’s Class
45 Teaching ‘Riddikulus’
46 Repelling a Boggart
47 Signed Permission Forms
48 Permission to Leave Refused
49 A Goodbye to His Friends
50 Discussing Harry’s Boggart
51 The Portrait Attacked!
52 In the Great Hall
53 Snape’s Werewolf Lesson
54 Draco’s New Taunt
55 The ‘Moth’ Parchment
56 After the Quidditch Match
57 Setting Hedwig Free
58 Near the Shrieking Shack
59 A Mysterious Attack
60 The Invisibility Cloak
61 Madam Rosmerta’s Inquiry
62 In the Three Broomsticks
63 A Most Wanted Wizard
64 Lupin’s Conjuring Lesson
65 Producing a Patronus
66 Checking with Sir Cadogan
67 The Three Friends Argue
68 Peril of the Marauder’s Map
69 Threatening Draco
70 Hagrid’s Hut
71 A Hasty Retreat
72 Hiding Amongst the Pumpkins
73 The Executioner’s Task
74 Sirius and Lupin
75 The Truth Revealed
76 Scabbers Transformed!
77 Holding Pettigrew and Snape
78 Pettigrew’s Escape
79 Night of the Werewolf
80 Beast Against Beast
81 Dementors at the Black Lake
82 Watching Time Replayed
83 Rescuing Buckbeak
84 Dumbledore’s Diversion
85 Has Harry Seen His Dad?
86 Saved From the Dementors
87 Freeing Sirius Black
88 A Farewell From Sirius
89 Leaving the Map Behind
90 Checklist – Hobby (with R01-R09)
90 Checklist – Retail (with M01-M09)
Holofoil Base Set
90 cards. Available at San Diego Comic-Con.
Autographs
10 cards, 1:48 hobby packs.
Julie Christie as Madam Rosmerta – Redemption
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
Gary Oldman as Sirus Black
James Phelps as Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
Costume Cards
8 cards, combine with Prop cards to land 1:24 packs.
Grint Black Cloak (/500) given as case incentive. Radcliffe Black Cloak (/100) exclusive to UK packs. Radcliffe Black Robe (/500) distributed as a case incentive for UK dealers.
Rupert Grint as Ron WeasleyBlack Cloak /100
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley – Black Cloak /500
Oliver Phelps as George Weasley – Red Quidditch Costume /1300
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Black Cloak /100
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Black Robe /500
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Black School Robe /750
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Gray T-Shirt /600
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger – Black Robe /900
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger – Pink Sweater /450
Prop Cards
11 cards, combine with Costume cards to land 1:24 packs.
Honeydukes Candy (/75) given as a ten-case incentive. Pear Tree Leaves (/30) given as 25-case incentive.
Check out a full gallery of all the POA Prop Cards.
Black Pepper Imps /90
Chocolate Frog /86
The Daily Prophet /200
Dervish and Banges Bag /484
Exploding Bon Bons /96
Honeydukes Bag /434
Honeydukes Candy /75
Pear Tree Leaves /30
Permission Form /100
Spindle’s Lick O Rish Spiders /70
Zonko’s Bag /300
Foil Cards – Hobby
9 cards, 1:5 hobby packs.
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
Foil Cards – Retail
9 cards, exclusive to retail packs.
MO1
MO2
MO3
MO4
MO5
MO6
MO7
MO8
MO9
Box Topper House Badges
4 cards, 1 per hobby box.
BT1 Gryffindor
BT2 Hufflepuff
BT3 Slytherin
BT4 Ravenclaw
Motion Card Case Toppers
3 cards, 1 per hobby case.
Dementor /200
Movie Logo /100
Wanted Poster /200
Tin Cards
2 cards.
T1 Harry Potter and Hedwig – Blue Frame
T2 Harry Potter – Red Frame
Promo Cards
Regular versions of promos have silver foil. PROMO 01-05 have additional versions:
- Blue Foil – Toy Fair
- Gold Foil – Two-Case Incentive
- Green Foil – Toy Fair
- Red Foil – limited to 200 copies
- Holofoil – San Diego Comic-Con
- No Foil – Cards Inc.
PROMO Trelawney
01 Dumbledore
02 Hermione, Harry, Remus, Sirius, Ron
03 Hermione, Harry
04 Hermione, Harry, Ron
05 Carriages
