Ravnica Allegiance Collation

Ravnica Allegiance is a large set with 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, and five guildgate cards each with two variations. This is the normal size for a large set of this era except the basic lands have been replaced by guildgates. 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.

Ravnica Allegiance 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 common-uncommon-rare ordering followed by a guildgate and an ad card. There are 10 commons, 3 uncommons, and 1 rare. If there is a foil card, it will appear after the rare, displacing a common.

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 or 4×A + 4×B + 2×C.

When a foil appears in a pack, it will displace a common card. The common foil sheet includes the 10 guildgate variations (probably just once each, although this is not verified) in addition to each common. The rares and mythic rares are also printed on the same sheet with each rare appearing twice.

Common foils appear only in C2 packs and displace an A common. Uncommon foils can appear both in C1 and C2 packs (at equal rates) and displace B commons. Rare foils appear only in C2 packs and displace a C2 common. Nothing in Ravnica Allegiance displaces C1 commons. Common foils appear 1 in every 8 packs. The uncommon and rare rates are not known exactly.

Common Runs

The A common run consists of 33 different cards each appearing twice. These cards are mostly white, blue, and red (appearing in that order). In contrast to Guilds of Ravnica, a few multicolored cards appear here in the spots for a monocolored card of one of their colors. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B common run consists of 22 different cards each appearing three times. The cards mostly alternate between black and green. In contrast to Guilds of Ravnica, a few multicolored cards appear here in the spots for a monocolored card of one of their colors. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C1 common run consists of 27 different cards each appearing twice plus Senate Griffin, the short-printed common. It includes cards of all colors and colorless cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

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

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 Ravnica Allegiance 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, Chaos Bringer Emblem × 2	Sphinx × 4	Centaur × 5
Frog Lizard × 5	Illusion × 5	Treasure × 5
Beast × 10	Thopter × 10	Zombie × 10
Ooze × 11	Goblin × 12	Human × 12
Spirit × 30

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.

Belgian Pack Anatomy

The Belgian printing uses sequential collation with simple two-run 101 common collation.

Packs are front-facing and have common-uncommon-rare ordering followed by a guildgate and an ad card. There are 10 commons, 3 uncommons, and 1 rare. If there is a foil card, it will appear after the guildgate, displacing a common.

Each pack contains six cards from the A common run followed by four cards from the B run. The foil can displace a card from either run.

Common Runs

The A common run consists of 60 different cards each appearing twice plus Grasping Thrull, the short-printed common (which is different than the US short print). Unlike Guilds of Ravnica, the cards in this run are not all monocolored. However, they still have a basic repeating color pattern (white, black, red, blue, green) with multi-colored cards and lockets sometimes taking the place of a corresponding color. (The color pattern breaks down in one place because 5 doesn't go evenly into 121, but not with the short-printed card. I have put this at the end of the run as presented.)

The B common run consists of 40 different cards each appearing three times plus Grasping Thrull, the short-printed common. There are cards of all colors plus multicolored and colorless cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Theme Booster Anatomy

Theme boosters for Ravnica Allegiance are associated with the 5 guilds of the set. Each pack contains 35 cards. There are either one or two rares at the end of the pack. The rest of the cards are commons and uncommons. After the rares, there is an ad card (not counted among the 35).

Each theme has a single 121 card sheet with the commons and uncommons using sequential collation. This is split into a 33 card A run, a 44 card B run, and a 44 card C run. Packs will contain 8-12 A cards followed by 9-14 B cards, then 9-14 C cards. Different cards may appear different numbers of times regardless of rarity. They may or may not appear in multiple runs or for multiple themes.

Only certain rares can appear in each theme. It is unknown whether monocolor cards can always appear in both associated guilds, but even monocolor cards with one guild's mechanic or flavor sometimes appear with the other guild. Colorless cards sometimes appear as well. Probably shock lands can not appear.

Some packs contain two rares. The rate is unknown, but Throne of Eldraine advertised a 10% rate which is plausible here. It is possible for the two rares to be the same. A mythic rate of around 1/8 is plausible.

Azorius Runs

The A run contains 33 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Simic Runs

The A run contains 33 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Gruul Runs

The A run contains 33 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Rakdos Runs

The A run contains 33 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

Orzhov Runs

The A run contains 33 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The B run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C run contains 44 cards. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

[1] A picture of the US foil rare sheet was posted on reddit.