diff --git a/src/forge/GameAction.java b/src/forge/GameAction.java
index 405e53c8029..db54a5ccd15 100644
--- a/src/forge/GameAction.java
+++ b/src/forge/GameAction.java
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ public class GameAction {
                 String setCode = "";
                 if (cardName.contains("|"))
                 {
-                	String s[] = cardName.split("\\|");
+                	String s[] = cardName.split("\\|",2);
                 	cardName = s[0];
                 	setCode = s[1];
                 }
diff --git a/src/forge/Gui_DeckEditor_Menu.java b/src/forge/Gui_DeckEditor_Menu.java
index 44b004853ff..a382d960060 100644
--- a/src/forge/Gui_DeckEditor_Menu.java
+++ b/src/forge/Gui_DeckEditor_Menu.java
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ public class Gui_DeckEditor_Menu extends JMenuBar implements NewConstants {
         	String setCode = "";
             if (cardName.contains("|"))
             {
-            	String s[] = cardName.split("\\|");
+            	String s[] = cardName.split("\\|",2);
             	cardName = s[0];
             	setCode = s[1];
             }