Return to Ravnica Collation

Return to Ravnica is a large set with 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, and five variations of each standard basic land. This is the first set with 80 uncommons (which would not become standard until later.) Otherwise, 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.

Return to Ravnica 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 or 4 B, and 2 or 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	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. The fifth variations of each basic land are on the foil uncommon sheet and so will 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 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 Destroy the Evidence, 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 Destroy the Evidence, the short-printed common. 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. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

The C uncommon run also consists of 18 different cards each appearing three times. The choice of first card is mostly arbitrary.

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

Token Run

Most of the marketing cards in Return to Ravnica have a token or tip on the front face. In addition, there is a card that has an advertisement for Magic Duels 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
Assassin × 1	Dragon × 1	Wurm × 1
Elemental × 2	Soldier × 2	Saproling × 3
Limited Tip Card × 4	Ooze × 5	Azorius Tip Card × 6
Casual Formats Tip Card × 6	Goblin × 6	Golgari Tip Card × 6
Izzet Tip Card × 6	Jace Tip Card × 6	Knight × 6
Niv-Mizzet Tip Card × 6	Rakdos Tip Card × 6	Rhino × 6
Selesnya Tip Card × 6	Using Planeswalkers Tip Card × 6	Bird × 8
Duels 2013 Ad Card × 8	Centaur × 14

Foil Common Sheet

There is a picture of the foil common sheet available. [1] Each common card and four variaitons of each basic land appear once. (The remaining basic lands are on the uncommon sheet.)

Foil Uncommon Sheet

There is a picture of the foil uncommon sheet available. [2] Each uncommon card appears once and the basic land variations that are missing from the foil common sheet appear twice. The remaining slots are fillers.