The people of Ravnica include members of many different races, both civilized and barbaric. Aside from humans, elves, and a smattering of half-elves, most common races in other realms such as gnomes, halflings, and orcs are unknown on the plane of Ravnica. This category is divided into Common Races and Monster Races. Player Characters are mostly Common Races. Here, 'common' is a relative term that describes the standpoint of an everyday Ravnican and what Races they are likely to see. As such, most Common Races are civilized. Some less-civilized races are structured enough for cooperative play, but most of them will fall under the Monster Races category. Monster Races will be included with statistics for players to operate them, but the specific campaign and the GM will ultimately decide the legality of their use in cooperative play.