diff --git a/Mage/src/mage/cards/decks/importer/TxtDeckImporter.java b/Mage/src/mage/cards/decks/importer/TxtDeckImporter.java
index a08e2c04432..2008e7377be 100644
--- a/Mage/src/mage/cards/decks/importer/TxtDeckImporter.java
+++ b/Mage/src/mage/cards/decks/importer/TxtDeckImporter.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class TxtDeckImporter extends DeckImporter {
             return;
         }
 
+        line = line.replace("\t"," "); // changing tabs to blanks as delimiter
         int delim = line.indexOf(' ');
         if (delim < 0) {
             return;