Modern Masters 2017 Collation

Modern Masters 2017 is a large set with 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, and 15 mythic rares. This is the normal size for a large set of this era. Every pack contains a foil card. The set was printed in the USA.

Modern Masters 2017 was sold in 15 card booster packs (which contain an additional ad card). Booster boxes have 24 packs.

USA Pack Anatomy

The US printing uses sequential collation with C1/C2 common collation.

Packs have back-facing cards with common-uncommon-rare ordering followed by a foil card and ad card.

10 Commons

3 Uncommons

1 Rare

1 Foil

1 Ad Card

Packs are evenly split between C1 commons and C2 commons. C1 packs will contain 2×A + 2×B + 6×C or 3×A + 2×B + 5×C. C2 packs will contains 4×A + 2×B + 4×C or 4×A + 3×B + 3×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

There are two uncommon runs, A and B, each with 40 different cards appearing three times each. Half of packs have two A cards followed by a B, and half have one A card followed by two B cards.

In the foil slot, commons appear 5/7 of the time, uncommons appear 3/14 of the time, and rares (or mythic rares) appear 1/14 of the time.

Common Runs

The A common run consists of 33 different cards each appearing twice. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B common run consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. The cards alternate between black and green. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C1 common run consists of 27 different cards each appearing twice plus Kor Hookmaster, the short-printed common. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C2 common run consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times plus Kor Hookmaster, the short-printed common. The cards mostly alternate among red, white, and blue.

Uncommon Runs

The A uncommon run consists of 40 different cards each appearing three times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B uncommon run also consists of 40 different cards each appearing three times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Token Run

All of the marketing cards in Modern Masters 2017 have a token or emblem on the front face. They are printed on an 11 × 11 sheet with different items appearing different numbers of times.

Token Rarity
Domri Rade Emblem × 1	Beast × 3	Beast × 3
Elephant × 3	Wurm × 3	Dragon × 4
Elemental × 4	Goblin Warrior × 4	Ooze × 4
Soldier × 4	Spider × 4	Angel × 5
Centaur × 5	Soldier × 5	Bird × 6
Giant Warrior × 6	Spirit × 6	Zombie × 6
Goblin × 15	Golem × 15	Saproling × 15

Foil Common Run

The foil common run consists of each common card appearing once. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.