diff --git a/src/main/java/com/garbagemule/MobArena/things/ThingPickerManager.java b/src/main/java/com/garbagemule/MobArena/things/ThingPickerManager.java
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+package com.garbagemule.MobArena.things;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ThingPickerManager implements ThingPickerParser {
+
+    private final List<ThingPickerParser> parsers;
+    private final ThingParser things;
+
+    public ThingPickerManager(ThingParser things) {
+        this.parsers = new ArrayList<>();
+        this.things = things;
+    }
+
+    public void register(ThingPickerParser parser) {
+        parsers.add(parser);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ThingPicker parse(String s) {
+        for (ThingPickerParser parser : parsers) {
+            ThingPicker picker = parser.parse(s);
+            if (picker != null) {
+                return picker;
+            }
+        }
+        Thing thing = things.parse(s);
+        return new SingleThingPicker(thing);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/garbagemule/MobArena/things/ThingPickerManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/garbagemule/MobArena/things/ThingPickerManagerTest.java
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+package com.garbagemule.MobArena.things;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class ThingPickerManagerTest {
+
+    private ThingPickerManager subject;
+    private ThingParser things;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        things = mock(ThingParser.class);
+        subject = new ThingPickerManager(things);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void invokesParsersUntilOneReturnsNonNull() {
+        String input = "all(a, b, c)";
+        ThingPickerParser first = mock(ThingPickerParser.class);
+        ThingPickerParser second = mock(ThingPickerParser.class);
+        ThingPickerParser third = mock(ThingPickerParser.class);
+        ThingPicker picker = mock(ThingPicker.class);
+        when(first.parse(input)).thenReturn(null);
+        when(second.parse(input)).thenReturn(picker);
+        subject.register(first);
+        subject.register(second);
+        subject.register(third);
+
+        subject.parse(input);
+
+        verify(third, never()).parse(input);
+        verify(things, never()).parse(input);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void invokesThingParserIfNothingElseWorks() {
+        String input = "random(a, b, c)";
+        ThingPickerParser first = mock(ThingPickerParser.class);
+        ThingPickerParser second = mock(ThingPickerParser.class);
+        when(first.parse(input)).thenReturn(null);
+        when(second.parse(input)).thenReturn(null);
+        subject.register(first);
+        subject.register(second);
+
+        subject.parse(input);
+
+        verify(things, times(1)).parse(input);
+    }
+
+}