Aether Revolt Collation

Aether Revolt is a small set with 70 commons, 60 uncommons, 42 rares, and 12 mythic rares, three variations of each standard basic land, and 24 masterpieces. Not counting the masterpieces, this is the normal size for a small set of this era. Foil cards are included in booster packs with advertised odds of 1 : 67 cards. Masterpieces have advestised odds of 1 : 2160 cards. The set was printed in English in the USA and Belgium.

Aether Revolt was sold in 15 card booster packs (which contain an additional ad card). Booster boxes have 36 packs.

US Pack Anatomy

The US printing uses sequential collation.

Packs are back-facing and have only 10 commons followed by 3 uncommons, a rare, a basic land or checklist, and an ad card. If there is a foil, it will displace a common and appear after the rare. (This includes masterpieces.)

There are four common runs: A, B, C1, and C2. Half of packs have A, B, and C1 and half have A, B, and C2. Run A has 22 distinct cards each printed three times, and B has 18 cards each printed three times. These are probably on the same sheet. C1 has 16 cards each four times and two copies of Destructive Tampering, and C2 has 13 cards each four times with the other two copies of Destructive Tampering. These are probably also printed together on a sheet.

C1 packs have 3 A cards followed by 2-3 B cards and 4-5 C cards. C2 packs have 3-4 A cards followed by 2-3 B cards and 4 C cards.

When a foil appears in a pack, it will displace a common card. Common foils displace C2 commons. Uncommon foils displace B commons. Rare foils displace C1 commons. I'm not sure yet about masterpieces.

The uncommons are split into an A and B run each with 30 distinct cards appearing four times each. Packs have either two A uncommons followed by a B or one A uncommon followed by two B uncommons.

All three basic land variations from Kaladesh can appear in packs (including as foils). All the lands are apparently printed on one sheet with each land variation appearing 8 times except for (probably) Plains (251) which appears 9 times.

Common Runs

The A common run consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. The cards alternate between white, red, and blue (with two exceptions for white cards appearing in the place of other colors). The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B common run consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times. There are cards are alternating black and green. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C1 common run consists of 16 different cards each appearing four times plus two copies of Destructive Tampering. It includes cards of all colors except white and colorless cards. Most of the cards are artifacts. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C2 common run consists of 13 different cards each appearing four times plus two copies of Destructive Tampering. It includes red, white, and blue cards and colorless cards. Most of the cards are artifacts. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Uncommon Runs

The A uncommon run consists of 30 different cards each appearing four times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B uncommon run also consists of 30 different cards each appearing four times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Token Run

Most of the marketing cards in Aether Revolt have a token or emblem on the front face. Some of the tokens are duplicates of Kaladesh tokens including that expansion symbol, but not all Kaladesh tokens appear here. In addition, there is a card that has an advertisement for Magic Duels on the front face. (The front has a PEGI rating and the back has ESRB, so I'm not aware of any region differences.) They are printed on an 11 × 11 sheet with different items appearing different numbers of times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Token Rarity
Tezzeret the Schemer Emblem × 3	Ragavan × 4	Thopter × 5
Thopter × 5	Thopter × 5	Etherium Cell × 6
Gremlin × 11	Magic Duels Ad Card × 12	Servo × 14
Servo × 14	Servo × 14	Energy Reserve × 28

Foil Uncommon Sheet

There is a picture of the foil uncommon sheet available. [1] Each uncommon card appears twice. The extra copy of Ridgescale Tusker is presumed to be a filler.

Foil Rare Sheet

There is a picture of the foil rare sheet available. [1] Each rare card appears twice, and each mythic rare card appears once. The extra copies of Disallow are presumed to be fillers.

[1] Pictures of the US foil uncommon and rare sheets are on WorthPoint (archiving eBay listings).