diff --git a/app/Models/Card.php b/app/Models/Card.php
index 5b3028d..1c4adc1 100644
--- a/app/Models/Card.php
+++ b/app/Models/Card.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Kirschbaum\PowerJoins\PowerJoins;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
@@ -79,6 +80,21 @@ class Card extends Model
      */
     public static function getBySettings(GameSettings $settings, ?int $max = null)
     {
+        $query = self::settingsQuery($settings)
+            ->inRandomOrder();
+
+        if ($max !== null) {
+            $query->limit($max);
+        }
+
+        return $query->get()
+            ->makeHidden(['character', 'class', 'deleted_at']);
+    }
+
+    protected static function settingsQuery(GameSettings $settings): Builder
+    {
+        $query = self::query();
+
         // Map type of setting to database column.
         $type_map = [
             'characters'    => 'character_id',
@@ -87,9 +103,6 @@ class Card extends Model
             'roles'         => 'role'
         ];
 
-        $query = self::query()
-            ->inRandomOrder();
-
         // Run through all settings and apply filter.
         foreach ($settings->all() as $type => $values) {
 
@@ -100,11 +113,6 @@ class Card extends Model
             });
         }
 
-        if ($max !== null) {
-            $query->limit($max);
-        }
-
-        return $query->get()
-            ->makeHidden(['character', 'class', 'deleted_at']);
+        return $query;
     }
 }