diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ChooseCardNameEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ChooseCardNameEffect.java
index 895a0e066f4..c39b2869d7b 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ChooseCardNameEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ChooseCardNameEffect.java
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ public class ChooseCardNameEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
                     // use CardFace because you might name a alternate names
                     Predicate<ICardFace> cpp = Predicates.alwaysTrue();
                     if (sa.hasParam("ValidCards")) {
+                        //Calculating/replacing X must happen before before running valid in CardFacePredicates
+                        if (valid.endsWith("X")) { //for now, only works for X and valid must end with X
+                            int num = AbilityUtils.calculateAmount(host, "X", sa);
+                            String str = Integer.toString(num);
+                            valid = valid.replace("X", str);
+                        }
                         cpp = CardFacePredicates.valid(valid);
                     }