diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
index 2297f3ec4..a9eeb6f76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package com.sk89q.worldedit;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -542,18 +541,6 @@ public class EditSession {
         return countBlocks(region, passOn);
     }
 
-    private static boolean containsFuzzy(Collection<BaseBlock> collection, Object o) {
-        // allow -1 data in the searchBlocks to match any type
-        for (BaseBlock b : collection) {
-            if (o instanceof BaseBlock) {
-                if (b.equalsFuzzy((BaseBlock) o)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Count the number of blocks of a list of types in a region.
      *
@@ -582,7 +569,7 @@ public class EditSession {
                         Vector pt = new Vector(x, y, z);
 
                         BaseBlock compare = new BaseBlock(getBlockType(pt), getBlockData(pt));
-                        if (containsFuzzy(searchBlocks, compare)) {
+                        if (BaseBlock.containsFuzzy(searchBlocks, compare)) {
                             ++count;
                         }
                     }
@@ -591,7 +578,7 @@ public class EditSession {
         } else {
             for (Vector pt : region) {
                 BaseBlock compare = new BaseBlock(getBlockType(pt), getBlockData(pt));
-                if (containsFuzzy(searchBlocks, compare)) {
+                if (BaseBlock.containsFuzzy(searchBlocks, compare)) {
                     ++count;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/blocks/BaseBlock.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/blocks/BaseBlock.java
index 7c9048d64..b65314fc9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/blocks/BaseBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/blocks/BaseBlock.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package com.sk89q.worldedit.blocks;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.CuboidClipboard.FlipDirection;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.foundation.Block;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+
 /**
  * Represents a block.
  *
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ public class BaseBlock extends Block {
     /**
      * @param iter
      * @return
-     * @deprecated This method is silly
+     * @deprecated This method is silly, use {@link #containsFuzzy(java.util.Collection, BaseBlock)} instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public boolean inIterable(Iterable<BaseBlock> iter) {
@@ -172,4 +174,14 @@ public class BaseBlock extends Block {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    public static boolean containsFuzzy(Collection<BaseBlock> collection, BaseBlock o) {
+        // allow masked data in the searchBlocks to match various types
+        for (BaseBlock b : collection) {
+            if (b.equalsFuzzy(o)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }