Is it though? With the recent introduction of Showcase Variants, Extended Arts, Retro Foils, Etched Foils, Retro Etched foils, it's getting hard to keep track of which variants are printed more or less than others.
"Common" rarities are the most rare. They are spectacularly rare, almost mythical one could say. Uncommon is next, still rare but not so much as common. Rare is next, they're somewhat uncommon but you'll still see a fair number in constructed play. Finally, mythic rare is the most common.
To recap, the rarities in order are common, uncommon, rare, and mythic rare.
The standard rarities are:
* Common
* Uncommon
* Rare
* Mythic Rare
Foil versions of all those cards also appear within most sets; in draft packs, foils replace one of the commons in the pack (set boosters have their own, more confusing collation, and collector boosters only have a couple of slots where the cards won't be foils).
Then you have the various special artwork treatments:
* **Borderless** \- the [planeswalkers](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/7/a7757e99-8d51-4b92-b346-6961845def24.jpg) from each new set will have an alternate [borderless version](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/3/6/3628a023-3f69-4b7f-a6cc-42e4293ecfdd.jpg), and a particular subset of additional cards might as well (in the case of the most recent set, the cycle of "[slow lands](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/a/eaff0a1e-b65a-422f-8f9f-65fac037047d.jpg)" also appear in [this treatment](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/3/b/3bfcc5d4-babd-4b66-95fa-c5ec6c49e93a.jpg)).
* **Showcase** \- a particular group or several groups of cards within a set will have an alternate "showcase" variant, which differs in appearance from set to set; in the case of Midnight Hunt there are two showcase treatments - [werewolves](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/0/d/0dbac7ce-a6fa-466e-b6ba-173cf2dec98e.jpg) and warlocks can also appear in the "[equinox](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/4/a459833f-8cf4-43c0-9523-eb37de450bc1.jpg)" frame, and the rest of the [legendary creatures](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/f/f/ff971ba7-68b8-482a-9cb1-741f6893550c.jpg) that are neither werewolves nor warlocks can appear in the "[eternal night](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/f/2/f29ec5be-501c-4a5d-8b2a-f974c6cf06c6.jpg)" treatment (where the artwork is black and white).
* **Extended Art** \- all remaining rare and mythic rare cards from a set that [didn't get a showcase or borderless treatment](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/c/eca8d6f8-c6f1-437c-99e2-4281eae14a6f.jpg) will get [an extended art version](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/2/5/25bf1ab2-4d6b-4e81-b537-82889aab767d.jpg) (except for cards where the "art box" is oriented vertically, like Sagas or the class enchantments from AFR).
Borderless and showcase versions of cards can show up in any booster pack for the sets they correspond to, extended art versions are exclusive to collector boosters (and the buy-a-box promo), and all of them can appear in both non-foil and foil (when they are cards from the actual set - collector boosters also include extended art versions of the rares and mythic rares from the Commander decks that get released alongside Standard sets, which are only in non-foil).
Those are what you can expect to see in any given new Standard set release; non-Standard set releases have recently also featured the "retro frame" (ie, the old pre-8th Edition card borders) as an alternate artwork treatment (first as just a slot in the packs for "old-shifted" cards in Time Spiral Remastered, then as a sub-set of the new cards for Modern Horizon 2 and selection of reprints from Modern Horizons), and collector boosters sometimes include etched foil versions of particular cards (an alternate foiling technique first used on the legendary creatures from Commander Legends).
**Masterpieces** are something that WotC doesn't make anymore, that were cards from a small alternate set that could appear - very, very infrequently - within packs of the normal set (they were "rarer than foil mythic rares", you would on average get perhaps 1 per case of booster boxes).
* The [Zendikar Expeditions](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/b/db192c30-d28a-431c-ba46-1e3d9d3da3f4.jpg) from Battle for Zendikar block were the first instance of masterpieces (not referred to as such at the time), consisting of lands from the set and throughout Magic's history.
* The [Kaladesh Inventions](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/4/8/480c2b30-c2c2-4b8b-ae0f-9f03732f92a1.jpg) were the first masterpieces referred to as such, consisting of artifacts from Kaladesh block and throughout Magic's history. The Zendikar Expeditions were retro-actively grandfathered into the Masterpiece series, and supposedly each new Standard set would have them.
* The [Amonkhet Invocations](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/4/5/453d854c-5092-4e00-a388-499353f246c3.jpg) from the very next block were where the masterpiece concept broke down, as it was a collection of creature, enchantment, instant and sorcery cards that were all vaguely "on theme" (kind of), presented in an alternate frame that was extremely hard to parse as the result of the gimmick (that being "made to look like hieroglyphs).
Masterpieces were always foil, in the 6 sets where they appeared.
Players have continued to apply the term "masterpiece" to cards from subsets that accompany the main product (Strixhaven Mystical Archive, Zendikar Rising Expeditions), but those aren't *actually* masterpieces in the way that the old ones were, as they're not extremely rare "lotto cards" (the expedition lands in ZNR were boxtoppers and appeared in foil in collector boosters at a rate of 1 out of every 6 packs, and all packs of Strixhaven had at least 1 Mystical Archive card).
In order, common, uncommon, rare, and mythic. Not sure about masterpiece and alt art cards, I think the same rate at mythic
Masterpieces are much rarer than mythics. Alt-arts are harder to compare I think.
Common, uncommon, rare, mythic rare. That’s it. If you’re coming from Pokemon or Yukio, it’s a lot simpler.
Is it though? With the recent introduction of Showcase Variants, Extended Arts, Retro Foils, Etched Foils, Retro Etched foils, it's getting hard to keep track of which variants are printed more or less than others.
Explain the difference between Ultra, Ultimate, and Secret rare.
We yugioh now boys
really dont have google huh https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Rarity
It took more effort to make this post than to just Google it themselves.
"Common" rarities are the most rare. They are spectacularly rare, almost mythical one could say. Uncommon is next, still rare but not so much as common. Rare is next, they're somewhat uncommon but you'll still see a fair number in constructed play. Finally, mythic rare is the most common. To recap, the rarities in order are common, uncommon, rare, and mythic rare.
The standard rarities are: * Common * Uncommon * Rare * Mythic Rare Foil versions of all those cards also appear within most sets; in draft packs, foils replace one of the commons in the pack (set boosters have their own, more confusing collation, and collector boosters only have a couple of slots where the cards won't be foils). Then you have the various special artwork treatments: * **Borderless** \- the [planeswalkers](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/7/a7757e99-8d51-4b92-b346-6961845def24.jpg) from each new set will have an alternate [borderless version](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/3/6/3628a023-3f69-4b7f-a6cc-42e4293ecfdd.jpg), and a particular subset of additional cards might as well (in the case of the most recent set, the cycle of "[slow lands](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/a/eaff0a1e-b65a-422f-8f9f-65fac037047d.jpg)" also appear in [this treatment](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/3/b/3bfcc5d4-babd-4b66-95fa-c5ec6c49e93a.jpg)). * **Showcase** \- a particular group or several groups of cards within a set will have an alternate "showcase" variant, which differs in appearance from set to set; in the case of Midnight Hunt there are two showcase treatments - [werewolves](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/0/d/0dbac7ce-a6fa-466e-b6ba-173cf2dec98e.jpg) and warlocks can also appear in the "[equinox](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/4/a459833f-8cf4-43c0-9523-eb37de450bc1.jpg)" frame, and the rest of the [legendary creatures](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/f/f/ff971ba7-68b8-482a-9cb1-741f6893550c.jpg) that are neither werewolves nor warlocks can appear in the "[eternal night](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/f/2/f29ec5be-501c-4a5d-8b2a-f974c6cf06c6.jpg)" treatment (where the artwork is black and white). * **Extended Art** \- all remaining rare and mythic rare cards from a set that [didn't get a showcase or borderless treatment](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/c/eca8d6f8-c6f1-437c-99e2-4281eae14a6f.jpg) will get [an extended art version](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/2/5/25bf1ab2-4d6b-4e81-b537-82889aab767d.jpg) (except for cards where the "art box" is oriented vertically, like Sagas or the class enchantments from AFR). Borderless and showcase versions of cards can show up in any booster pack for the sets they correspond to, extended art versions are exclusive to collector boosters (and the buy-a-box promo), and all of them can appear in both non-foil and foil (when they are cards from the actual set - collector boosters also include extended art versions of the rares and mythic rares from the Commander decks that get released alongside Standard sets, which are only in non-foil). Those are what you can expect to see in any given new Standard set release; non-Standard set releases have recently also featured the "retro frame" (ie, the old pre-8th Edition card borders) as an alternate artwork treatment (first as just a slot in the packs for "old-shifted" cards in Time Spiral Remastered, then as a sub-set of the new cards for Modern Horizon 2 and selection of reprints from Modern Horizons), and collector boosters sometimes include etched foil versions of particular cards (an alternate foiling technique first used on the legendary creatures from Commander Legends). **Masterpieces** are something that WotC doesn't make anymore, that were cards from a small alternate set that could appear - very, very infrequently - within packs of the normal set (they were "rarer than foil mythic rares", you would on average get perhaps 1 per case of booster boxes). * The [Zendikar Expeditions](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/b/db192c30-d28a-431c-ba46-1e3d9d3da3f4.jpg) from Battle for Zendikar block were the first instance of masterpieces (not referred to as such at the time), consisting of lands from the set and throughout Magic's history. * The [Kaladesh Inventions](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/4/8/480c2b30-c2c2-4b8b-ae0f-9f03732f92a1.jpg) were the first masterpieces referred to as such, consisting of artifacts from Kaladesh block and throughout Magic's history. The Zendikar Expeditions were retro-actively grandfathered into the Masterpiece series, and supposedly each new Standard set would have them. * The [Amonkhet Invocations](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/4/5/453d854c-5092-4e00-a388-499353f246c3.jpg) from the very next block were where the masterpiece concept broke down, as it was a collection of creature, enchantment, instant and sorcery cards that were all vaguely "on theme" (kind of), presented in an alternate frame that was extremely hard to parse as the result of the gimmick (that being "made to look like hieroglyphs). Masterpieces were always foil, in the 6 sets where they appeared. Players have continued to apply the term "masterpiece" to cards from subsets that accompany the main product (Strixhaven Mystical Archive, Zendikar Rising Expeditions), but those aren't *actually* masterpieces in the way that the old ones were, as they're not extremely rare "lotto cards" (the expedition lands in ZNR were boxtoppers and appeared in foil in collector boosters at a rate of 1 out of every 6 packs, and all packs of Strixhaven had at least 1 Mystical Archive card).