Harry Potter Always Trading Cards: Release, Chase Cards and Prices
Checked on 10 November 2026. Harry Potter Always is a 2026 Panini trading card set built on the eight films, product code 005663, arriving 25 years after the first film's 2001 premiere. Italian newsagents got the Starter Pack, packets, boxes and Ecoblister on 24 August 2026, while the Treasure Box arrived only afterwards; Panini UK sells the set in Britain and Ireland, where the Starter Pack costs £8.99. The checklist has 210 cards, but the chase sits around it: six parallels of every Hogwarts card down to a one-of-one, and six metal wand cards with 1,000 copies of each. Below is the official checklist structure, what each product contains, the prices Panini itself lists, and what nobody has confirmed yet. You can tick off all 210 cards in our Harry Potter Always checklist.
A standard packet (6 cards, 2 of them special) and sample cards. Image: Panini
What Harry Potter Always is, and what it is not
These are trading cards, not stickers. There is no album to stick into; the collection lives in a binder, and the official checklist shows the binder pages holding nine cards each in number order. Every card is in English, and the numbers are identical from country to country.
- Not Upper Deck's Harry Potter cards. On 7 January 2026 Upper Deck announced its own Harry Potter licence. Its first set is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 25th Anniversary, followed by Fleer Ultra Harry Potter; the announcement gave no release date. Different maker, different checklists.
- Not A Year at Hogwarts. Harry Potter A Year at Hogwarts is a different Panini product: a 2023 calendar sticker album, 204 stickers plus 50 cards, numbered separately.
Harry Potter Always checklist: 210 cards in three tiers
Panini splits the base set into 100 Hogwarts cards, 50 Magic of Films cards and 60 Special Chase cards, laid out in number blocks:
| Numbers | Section | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 1–9 | Panini Revelio Transparent | Special Chase |
| 10–27 | Greetings | Hogwarts |
| 28–45 | Magical Places | Hogwarts |
| 46–72 | Fan Favourites | Hogwarts |
| 73–81 | Love and Dark Arts | Hogwarts |
| 82–99 | Enchantment | Special Chase |
| 100–108 | Costumes Concept Art | Special Chase |
| 109–126 | Iconic Scenes Concept Art | Special Chase |
| 127–144 | Magical Library | Hogwarts |
| 145–153 | Location Sketch Concept Art | Magic of Films |
| 154–162 | Magical Creatures Concept Art | Magic of Films |
| 163–172 | Magical Art | Hogwarts |
| 173–180 | Poster | Magic of Films |
| 181–204 | Triptych | Magic of Films |
| 205–210 | Wizarding Press | Special Chase |
The Revelio cards are clear, transparent cards of nine main characters. The 18 Enchantment cards use glow-in-the-dark ink (Panini's tip is to charge them in the sun first), and eight of them are Patronuses. Costumes, Iconic Scenes and Wizarding Press cards carry metal details. Magic of Films gives each of the eight films one poster and one Triptych: three cards that line up into a single scene. Panini posts the checklist itself as a PDF on the Treasure Box page of Panini Store.
Chase cards: the rarest Harry Potter Always pulls
Every one of the 100 Hogwarts cards also exists in six parallels. Five are serial-numbered, so the print run is printed on the card:
| Parallel | Copies of each card |
|---|---|
| Unnumbered Foil | not numbered |
| Rare Rainbow | /250 |
| Super-Rare Blue Holo | /100 |
| Ultra-Rare Quartz | /50 |
| Hyper-Rare Gold Quartz | /10 |
| Unique Black Quartz | 1/1 |
That adds up to 411 numbered copies per Hogwarts card, and 100 true one-of-ones across the set. Panini's checklist links the parallels to the eight-card premium packets, keeps them out of the 210 and leaves them out of its missing-cards service. The same premium packets are where the Chromatic Sparkle inserts (CS1–CS10) turn up, and Magical Lights inserts appear in packets as well. There are no official odds: Panini only states what each box guarantees.
Premium packets: 8 cards, 4 of them special. Image: Panini
Wand cards: the six MetalForge wands
The MetalForge Wand cards are the headline chase: a card with a raised metal wand on the front. There are six (Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort), 1,000 copies of each, and they come only in Treasure Boxes. Each of the six Treasure Boxes is named after the wand it contains, so you choose your wand when you choose the box.
- 5 premium packets, 40 cards in all, including 14 chase cards, one numbered parallel (it can be a 1/1) and four unnumbered parallels;
- 2 exclusive Treasure Variant cards out of ten (CST1–CST5 and MLT1–MLT5) in a card holder;
- 1 MetalForge Wand card;
- a Chromatic Sparkle insert in one box out of two.
Panini Store, Panini's own shop, sold the box at €90 and showed all six out of stock when we checked on 10 November 2026, along with the €540 Wand Master Set (all six boxes plus an exclusive card). Orders there included a bonus Limited Edition card, Philosopher's Stone, unnumbered and drawn at random from four designs.
The Harry Potter Treasure Box and its MetalForge wand, one of 1,000. Image: Panini
Starter pack, premium box and the rest of the range
| Product | Contents | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard packet | 6 cards: 4 base + 2 special | — |
| Premium packet | 8 cards, 4 of them special | — |
| Starter Pack | binder, 3 packets, Limited Edition (1 in the UK, 2 in Italy) | £8.99 (Panini UK) |
| Multiset | 5 packets + 1 Limited Edition, 31 cards | £9.99 / €10.99 RRP on pack |
| Multipack | 4 packets + a Limited Edition packet | — |
| Ecoblister (Italy) | 3 packets + 1 Limited Edition | — |
| Box of packets (Italy) | 20 standard packets | — |
| Premium Blaster Box | 5 premium packets, 40 cards | — |
| Premium Collector's Box | 10 premium packets | — |
| Treasure Box | see above, 6 versions | €90 (Panini Store) |
| Single card 1–210 | Panini missing-cards service | €0.50 |
Prices are the ones Panini publishes, as of 10 November 2026; a dash means we found no official price. Panini Store sells any card from 1 to 210 for €0.50, up to 50 per order; parallels, inserts and LE cards are not part of that service. We do not quote resale values: there are no two independent sources for them yet.
The UK range: Multipack, Mega Starter Pack, premium boxes and Multiset. Image: Panini UK
Release date and where to buy
- United Kingdom and Ireland. Panini UK lists the Starter Pack for £8.99, shipping to the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar; its Mega bundle is sold out. The Panini UK page carries no launch date.
- Italy. The Starter Pack, Ecoblister, Premium Box and 20-packet box hit newsstands on 24 August 2026, after Amazon pre-orders opened in early August (Everyeye, 5 August 2026). The Treasure Box was not out yet that day, according to Figurine Forever's review of 24 August 2026.
- Canada. The Canadian shop SoccerCards.ca wrote about stocking the set on 6 October 2026 (a single source).
- Spain and France. Panini España lists the Hermione Granger Treasure Box, available from 1 September 2026 according to a search snippet of that page; in France, Micromania took Treasure Box pre-orders at €90, according to ChocoBonPlan. Each of these rests on one source.
- Online. Panini Store sells single cards; its €90 Treasure Boxes were out of stock on 10 November 2026.
For the United States and Australia we found no published launch date as of 10 November 2026.
What we don't know yet
- Launch dates outside Italy, including the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Poland.
- The number of Limited Edition designs: sources say 8 or 10 and list different cards, and the official checklist leaves them out.
- Pull rates for parallels and inserts.
- What the rare cards sell for.
Track Harry Potter Always on ColleX
The ColleX catalogue lists all 210 cards with their official names and sections. Mark a card “Have” once it is in your binder and “Want” for each empty pocket; your progress updates itself and doubles show up separately. Parallels and inserts sit outside the 210, so they do not change your completion. Another 2026 Harry Potter range to follow is the Kinder Joy Harry Potter collection with Funko figures.
FAQ
How many cards does the Harry Potter Always set have?
210 base cards numbered 1 to 210: 100 Hogwarts, 50 Magic of Films and 60 Special Chase. On top come six parallels of each Hogwarts card, the Chromatic Sparkle, Magical Lights and Treasure Variant inserts, six MetalForge wand cards and the Limited Edition cards.
When did Harry Potter Always cards come out?
In Italy the packets, boxes and starters went on sale on 24 August 2026, and the Treasure Box came later. Panini UK sells it in Britain and Ireland, and Panini Store sells it online. As of 10 November 2026 we found no published dates for other countries.
Where are Harry Potter Always cards sold in the UK?
Panini UK has the Starter Pack at £8.99 and ships within Britain, to Ireland and to Gibraltar. Single cards from 1 to 210 cost €0.50 each from Panini Store.
What are Harry Potter Always cards worth?
There is no reliable resale price yet. Officially, a base card costs €0.50 via Panini's own missing-cards service. Print runs explain the chase: Gold Quartz parallels exist in 10 copies, Black Quartz in one, and each MetalForge wand in 1,000.
What are the Harry Potter Always wand cards?
Six MetalForge Wand cards with a metal wand: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. Each is limited to 1,000 copies and comes only in the Treasure Box named after it, one per box.
Do Limited Edition cards count towards the 210?
No. They come in Starter Packs, Multisets, Multipacks and Italian Ecoblisters, and Panini's checklist does not list them. Sources disagree on how many designs exist, so that number is unconfirmed.
Can I trade my Harry Potter Always doubles on ColleX?
Yes. Open the set page, set “Have” with a count on the cards you pulled twice and “Want” on the ones you are missing. ColleX finds collectors whose spares match your gaps and who need your doubles; you agree the swap with them in chat.
Sources: Panini official Harry Potter ALWAYS checklist (PDF, paninistore.com); Panini Store Treasure Box and missing-cards pages (checked 10 November 2026); Panini UK Starter Pack and Mega bundle pages (10 November 2026); Everyeye.it (5 August 2026); Figurine Forever (24 August 2026); ChocoBonPlan (Micromania); Panini España Treasure Box page (search snippet); SoccerCards.ca (6 October 2026); Cardzillo (26 October 2026); Upper Deck press release (7 January 2026); Sports Illustrated Collectibles (7 January 2026).