Darksteel Collation

Darksteel is a small set with 55 commons, 55 uncommons, and 55 rare cards. This is the new size for small sets, slightly larger than previous small sets.

Darksteel was sold in 15 card booster packs. Booster boxes have 36 packs

US Pack Anatomy

Draft 3x DST (A) on Draftmancer
- may miss up to 1 common colour (53%) Simulation Draft
Draft MRD,MRD,DST (A) on Draftmancer
- may miss up to 3 com MRD colours (45%+24%+4%)
- may miss up to 1 com DST colours (53%) mid block Simulation Draft

The US printing uses sequential collation with 10 × 11 sheets. Packs are ordered commons, then uncommons, and the rare. If a foil card appears, it will appear as the last card in the pack after the rare (if any), displacing a card of the same rarity*. This means, for example, a foil rare will replace the regular rare.

There are two common runs, A and B, with 30 cards and 25 cards, each printed twice, and run B contains 27 cards each printed twice. The first six commons are from A and the last five are from B. If there is a foil, it can displace a card from either sequence. (Presumably, a card from A is displaced 6/11 of the time to ensure that A and B cards remain balanced.)

There is one uncommon with 55 cards, each printed twice.

Common Runs

The A common run contains 30 (including four of each mono colour, and ten artifacts) cards each printed twice.

The B common run contains 25 cards (including three of each mono colour, nine artifacts, and the artifact land) each printed twice.

Uncommon Runs

The uncommon run contains 55 cards each printed twice.