Modern Masters Collation

Modern Masters is a large set with 101 commons, 60 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 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.

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.

Uncommons are printed on one sheet with each card appearing twice (and one filler). This is divided into a 66-card A run (with 33 distinct cards) and a 54-card B run (with 27 distinct cards). Packs can have either 2 A cards followed by 1 B card, or 1 A card followed by 2 B cards. Since the runs are unbalanced, 2 A cards happens 13/20 of the time.

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 choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

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

Uncommon Runs

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

The B uncommon run also consists of 27 different cards each appearing twice. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Token Run

Most of the marketing cards in Modern Masters 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
Dragon × 1	Elspeth, Knight-Errant Emblem × 1	Soldier × 1
Zombie × 2	Giant Warrior × 3	Illusion × 3
Treefolk Shaman × 3	Elemental × 4	Spider × 4
Faerie Rogue × 5	Bat × 6	Worm × 11
Goblin × 12	Goblin Rogue × 12	Kithkin Soldier × 15
Saproling × 17	Modern Tip Card × 21

Foil Common Sheet

There was a picture of the foil common sheet available. [1] Each common card appears once among the first 101 cards. The remaining cards are presumed to be fillers. (Arcbound Worker follows Court Homunculus.) The last nine cards on the second-to-last row duplicate the eighth row and the last row duplicates the sixth row. (In the pictures I have, the leftmost and rightmost cards of the bottom row are not visible, so here I have guessed that they follow the sixth row.)

Foil Uncommon Sheet

There is a picture of the foil uncommon sheet available. [2] Each uncommon card appears twice. The extra copy of Myr Retriever is presumed to be a filler.

Foil Rare Sheet

There is a picture of the foil rare sheet available. [3] Each rare card appears twice, and each mythic rare card appears once.

[1] A picture of the foil common sheet was available in the collection of Casey Petrillo. (This collection is no longer publicly accessible.)

[2] A picture of the foil uncommon sheet was posted in the Uncut Sheet facebook group by Ace Hailman.

[3] A picture of the foil rare sheet was posted in the Misprints facebook group by Joe Brown.