Dragons of Tarkir Collation

Dragons of Tarkir is a large set with 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, and three variations of each standard basic land. This is the normal size for a large set of this era. Foil cards are included in booster packs with advertised odds of 1 : 67 cards. The set was printed in English in the USA and Belgium.

Dragons of Tarkir 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 with C1/C2 common collation.

Packs are back-facing and have 10 commons followed by 3 uncommons, a rare, a basic land, and an ad card. If there is a foil card, it will appear after the rare, displacing a common.

10 Commons	3 Uncommons	1 Rare	1 Land		1 Ad Card
9 Commons	3 Uncommons	1 Rare	1 Foil	1 Land	1 Ad Card

Packs are evenly split between C1 commons and C2 commons. C1 packs have 2-3 A cards, 2 B, and 4-5 C. C2 packs have 4 A cards, 2-4 B, and 2-4 C.

A	A	B	B	C1	C1	C1	C1	C1	C1
A	A	A	B	B	C1	C1	C1	C1	C1
A	A	A	A	B	B	C2	C2	C2	C2
A	A	A	A	B	B	B	C2	C2	C2
A	A	A	A	B	B	B	B	C2	C2

When a foil appears in a pack, it will displace a common card. Common foils displace A commons and only appear in C1 packs. Uncommon foils displace B commons. Rare foils displace C2 commons.

Uncommons are split into four runs: A, B, C, and D. A and B contain 22 distinct cards each three times, and C and D contain 18 distinct cards each three times. Packs contain one card from any three of the four runs. A uncommons always appear before B which appear before C which appear before D. Mathematically, A and B should appear in 33/40 of packs, and C and D should appear in 27/40 of packs. (Therefore e.g. packs with just B, C, and D should appear 7/40 times.) These rates are plausible.

Common Runs

The A common run consists of 33 different cards each appearing twice. The cards are alternating white, black, and red. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B common run consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. The cards are alternating blue and green. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C1 common run consists of 27 different cards each appearing twice plus Fate Forgotten, the short-printed common. Cards appear in black, blue, white, green, red order with colorless cards (or Fate Forgotten) appearing after the red card every other time. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C2 common run consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times plus Fate Forgotten, the short-printed common. It cards of all colors and colorless cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Uncommon Runs

The A uncommon run consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B uncommon run also consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. It contains alternating red and green cards (plus Savage Ventmaw in place of a green card). The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C uncommon run also consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times. It contains alternating white and blue cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The D uncommon run also consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times. It contains mostly black and colorless cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Token Run

Most of the marketing cards in Dragons of Tarkir have a token, tip, or emblem on the front face. In addition, there is a card that has an advertisement for Magic 2015 on the front face. (The front has an ESRB rating and the back has PEGI, 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
Narset Transcendent Emblem × 1	Zombie Horror × 3	Bolster Tip Card × 4
Dash Tip Card × 4	Dragon × 4	Exploit Tip Card × 4
Formidable Tip Card × 4	Rebound Tip Card × 4	Warrior × 4
Narset Tip Card × 5	Ugin Tip Card × 5	Sarkhan Tip Card × 6
Zombie × 7	Duels 2015 Ad Card × 12	Goblin × 12
Djinn Monk × 18	Morph × 24

Foil Common Sheet

There is a picture of the foil common sheet available. [1] Each common card and each basic land variation appears once. The extra copies of Swamp (256) are presumed to be fillers.

Foil Uncommon Sheet

There is a picture of the foil uncommon sheet available. [1] Each uncommon card appears once. The extra copies of Sarkhan's Triumph are presumed to be fillers.