diff --git a/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/AiController.java b/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/AiController.java
index e2bf5ae96e7..c3ae977cff0 100644
--- a/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/AiController.java
+++ b/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/AiController.java
@@ -1034,8 +1034,8 @@ public class AiController {
     }
 
     public CardCollection getCardsToDiscard(int min, final int max, final CardCollection validCards, final SpellAbility sa) {
-        if (validCards.size() < min) {
-            return null;
+        if (validCards.size() <= min) {
+            return validCards; //return all valid cards since they will be discarded without filtering needed
         }
 
         Card sourceCard = null;