diff --git a/compress.py b/compress.py
index b83e8d9..be070d0 100644
--- a/compress.py
+++ b/compress.py
@@ -2,23 +2,13 @@ import json
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import List, Optional
 import more_itertools
+from variants import variant_id, variant_name
 
 
 BASE62 = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 COLORS = 'rygbpt'
 
 
-# Some setup for conversion between variant id and name
-with open("variants.json", 'r') as f:
-    VARIANTS = json.loads(f.read())
-
-def variant_id(variant_name):
-    return next(var['id'] for var in VARIANTS if var['name'] == variant_name)
-
-def variant_name(variant_id):
-    return next(var['name'] for var in VARIANTS if var['id'] == variant_id)
-
-
 # Helper method, iterate over chunks of length n in a string
 def chunks(s: str, n: int):
     for i in range(0, len(s), n):
diff --git a/variants.py b/variants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95a5b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import json
+
+
+# Some setup for conversion between variant id and name
+with open("variants.json", 'r') as f:
+    VARIANTS = json.loads(f.read())
+
+def variant_id(variant_name):
+    return next(var['id'] for var in VARIANTS if var['name'] == variant_name)
+
+def variant_name(variant_id):
+    return next(var['name'] for var in VARIANTS if var['id'] == variant_id)
+
+def num_suits(variant_id):
+    return next(len(var['suits']) for var in VARIANTS if var['id'] == variant_id)