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AmEx BCE in mid-2013 followed by PRG in early 2014 and CSP in late 2014.
Discover, Capital One Cash Rewards and AMEX Zync.
TD Bank Easy rewards secured $5000 (and just a week ago they started to graduate secured cards to unsecured ones)
Cap One Journey $300 (it is now QuickSilver $1300 after a few CLI's and PC)
Amex ED $5000
I got all of them 7 months ago by spending 21 HP's across all 3
Capital One Platinum, Discover IT (shocked that they approved me) and then an Amex Everyday about 6 months later.
Sept 2006 -Total Visa by Plains Commerce Bank 300$
Jan 2007 - First Premier Bank 300$
Sept 2007 - Continental Finance Co. 600$
My actual first three cards were a long time ago and meaningless now.
After a 'crash' for me in 2008 and losing all of them, I laid low for a couple years. My rebuilding efforts are:
I applied for a USAA CC and was denied and counter offered a secured card, which I accepted for 250.
Orchard Bank offered me an unsecured at 500, later sold to Capital One (yay!)
Credit One offerd me an unsecured card for 500.
Merrick offered me an unsecured card that doubled in 7 months, now at 1100.
I recently obtained a B of A 99/500 secured card with graduation privileges.
I now have a couple cards that are better and I am going to close the Credit One and Merrick when it looks Ok with respect to AAoA for me.
In summary, basically, I wasted almost two years by not getting small secured cards sooner and starting my rebuild.
My first card ever was a mastercard from Seafirst Bank (which no longer exists). I think it had 1000 CL at the time, then I had a Bon Marche store card (they no longer exist, at least not on the west coast).
As far as now? The first 2 cards in my signature were my first, opened BofA in 2011, Target in 2013, then came Amex and Barnes in oct of 2014
First card was my AU Amex PRG. First three cards of my own were the mid-90s trifecta: Victoria's Secret, Express & Limited