diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
index b8095c8fecd..efab401282c 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
@@ -702,8 +702,6 @@ public Card findByView(CardView view) {
             if (p != null) {
                 visit.visitAll(p.getZone(view.getZone()));
             }
-        } else {
-            forEachCardInGame(visit);
         }
         // Zone-specific search may miss if the view has stale zone info
         // (e.g. IdRef resolved from a tracker that wasn't updated after a