A controller communicates with a plurality of multi-chip memory packages. Each multi-chip memory package comprises a plurality of memory dies, each having a respective plurality of memory blocks, some of which are good and some of which are bad. The controller determines a number of good blocks in each memory die. Based on the determined number of good blocks in each memory die, the controller selects a memory die from each of the multi-chip memory packages to access in parallel, wherein the selected memory dies are not necessarily all in the same relative position in each multi-chip package. The controller then creates a metablock from a set of good blocks from each of the selected memory dies, wherein a maximum number of metablocks that can be created across the selected memory dies is determined by a lowest number of good blocks in the selected memory dies.