diff --git a/src/lib/game/bot.ts b/src/lib/game/bot.ts
index 572d391..46df338 100644
--- a/src/lib/game/bot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/game/bot.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 	type TurnGestures
 } from './gestures';
 import { allowedGestures, forcedGesture } from './resolve';
+import { likelyTarget } from './targets';
 import { GESTURES, HANDS, HOSTILE_SPELLS, MAGIC_GESTURES, SPELLS, SPELL_BY_ID, isElemental, type Gesture, type Hand, type Spell, type SpellId } from './spells';
 import {
 	MAX_HP,
@@ -330,41 +331,9 @@ function foeDangerousHand(s: Situation): Hand {
 }
 
 function targetFor(s: Situation, spell: Spell, choice: CastChoice): void {
-	const meW = s.state.wizards[s.me];
-	const foeMonsters = s.state.monsters.filter((m) => m.owner === s.foe);
-	const strongestFoeMonster = [...foeMonsters].sort((a, b) => b.attack - a.attack)[0];
-	const iceEl = s.state.monsters.find((m) => m.kind === 'ice_elemental');
-	const fireEl = s.state.monsters.find((m) => m.kind === 'fire_elemental');
-	switch (spell.id) {
-		case 'fireball':
-			choice.target = iceEl ? iceEl.id : s.foe;
-			break;
-		case 'resist_cold':
-			choice.target = iceEl ? iceEl.id : s.me;
-			break;
-		case 'resist_heat':
-			choice.target = fireEl ? fireEl.id : s.me;
-			break;
-		case 'charm_monster':
-			choice.target = strongestFoeMonster?.id ?? s.foe;
-			break;
-		case 'remove_enchantment': {
-			const foeW = s.state.wizards[s.foe];
-			choice.target = isEnchanted(foeW) || !strongestFoeMonster ? s.foe : strongestFoeMonster.id;
-			break;
-		}
-		case 'summon_elemental':
-			choice.target = s.me;
-			choice.elemental = meW.resistCold ? 'ice' : 'fire';
-			break;
-		case 'paralysis':
-		case 'charm_person':
-			choice.target = s.foe;
-			choice.chosenHand = foeDangerousHand(s);
-			break;
-		default:
-			choice.target = spell.usualTarget === 'self' ? s.me : s.foe;
-	}
+	choice.target = likelyTarget(s.state, s.me, spell);
+	if (spell.id === 'summon_elemental') choice.elemental = s.state.wizards[s.me].resistCold ? 'ice' : 'fire';
+	if (spell.id === 'paralysis' || spell.id === 'charm_person') choice.chosenHand = foeDangerousHand(s);
 	if (spell.category === 'summons') choice.monsterTarget = s.foe;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/game/duel.svelte.ts b/src/lib/game/duel.svelte.ts
index 99fb83e..08303c4 100644
--- a/src/lib/game/duel.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/game/duel.svelte.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from './gestures';
 import { glyph } from './glyphs';
 import { allowedGestures, forcedGesture, resolveTurn } from './resolve';
+import { likelyTarget } from './targets';
 import {
 	GESTURES,
 	HANDS,
@@ -72,11 +73,6 @@ export interface PlannedCast {
 	turnCount: number;
 }
 
-function defaultTarget(spell: Spell | undefined): TargetId | '' {
-	if (!spell) return '';
-	return spell.usualTarget === 'self' ? YOU : FOE;
-}
-
 function blankDraft(): HandDraft {
 	return { gesture: null, spellId: '', target: '', elemental: 'fire', chosenHand: 'left' };
 }
@@ -541,12 +537,22 @@ export class Duel {
 	);
 	bankedSpell = $derived(this.you.banked ? SPELL_BY_ID[this.you.banked.spellId] : undefined);
 
+	/** Where a spell goes unless the player says otherwise. */
+	defaultTarget(spell: Spell | undefined): TargetId | '' {
+		return spell ? likelyTarget(this.state, YOU, spell) : '';
+	}
+
+	/** Every possible subject, the likeliest first, creatures marked by whose they are. */
 	targetsFor(spell: Spell | undefined): { id: TargetId; label: string }[] {
 		const list: { id: TargetId; label: string }[] = [
 			{ id: YOU, label: 'yourself' },
 			{ id: FOE, label: this.foe.name }
 		];
-		for (const m of this.state.monsters) list.push({ id: m.id, label: m.name });
+		for (const m of this.state.monsters) {
+			list.push({ id: m.id, label: `${m.name} (${m.owner === YOU ? 'yours' : `${this.foe.name}'s`})` });
+		}
+		const likely = this.defaultTarget(spell);
+		list.sort((a, b) => Number(b.id === likely) - Number(a.id === likely));
 		if (spell && spell.id !== 'fire_storm' && spell.id !== 'ice_storm') list.push({ id: NOWHERE, label: 'nowhere (let it fade)' });
 		return list;
 	}
@@ -563,13 +569,13 @@ export class Duel {
 		const options = this.completions[set][hand];
 		if (!options.some((c) => c.spell.id === draft.spellId)) {
 			draft.spellId = options[0]?.spell.id ?? '';
-			draft.target = defaultTarget(options[0]?.spell);
+			draft.target = this.defaultTarget(options[0]?.spell);
 		}
 	}
 
 	setSpell(set: SetName, hand: Hand, id: SpellId | ''): void {
 		this.sets[set][hand].spellId = id;
-		this.sets[set][hand].target = defaultTarget(id ? SPELL_BY_ID[id] : undefined);
+		this.sets[set][hand].target = this.defaultTarget(id ? SPELL_BY_ID[id] : undefined);
 	}
 
 	private castFor(p: PlannedCast): CastChoice {
@@ -578,7 +584,7 @@ export class Duel {
 			hand: p.hand,
 			spellId: spell.id,
 			seqIndex: p.completion.seqIndex,
-			target: p.draft.target || defaultTarget(spell)
+			target: p.draft.target || this.defaultTarget(spell)
 		};
 		if (spell.id === 'summon_elemental') cast.elemental = p.draft.elemental;
 		if (spell.id === 'paralysis' || spell.id === 'charm_person') cast.chosenHand = p.draft.chosenHand;
diff --git a/src/lib/game/targets.test.ts b/src/lib/game/targets.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a80fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/game/targets.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { SPELL_BY_ID } from './spells';
+import { createGame } from './state';
+import { likelyTarget } from './targets';
+import { runSequence } from './test-helpers';
+
+describe('the likeliest target', () => {
+	it('sends a fireball and resist cold at an ice elemental when one is out', () => {
+		let s = createGame({ A: 'Black', B: 'White' }, 1);
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.fireball)).toBe('B');
+		s = runSequence(s, 'B', 'CSWWS', 'C----', { casts: [{ hand: 'left', spellId: 'summon_elemental', elemental: 'ice' }] });
+		const elemental = s.monsters.find((m) => m.kind === 'ice_elemental')!;
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.fireball)).toBe(elemental.id);
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.resist_cold)).toBe(elemental.id);
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.resist_heat)).toBe('A');
+	});
+
+	it('aims remove enchantment at the wizard only when they carry an enchantment', () => {
+		let s = createGame({ A: 'Black', B: 'White' }, 1);
+		s = runSequence(s, 'B', 'SFW', '---', { casts: [{ hand: 'left', spellId: 'summon_goblin' }] });
+		const goblin = s.monsters[0];
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.remove_enchantment)).toBe(goblin.id);
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.charm_monster)).toBe(goblin.id);
+		s = runSequence(s, 'B', 'WWFP', '----', { casts: [{ hand: 'left', spellId: 'resist_heat' }] });
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.remove_enchantment)).toBe('B');
+		expect(likelyTarget(s, 'A', SPELL_BY_ID.counter_spell)).toBe('A');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/game/targets.ts b/src/lib/game/targets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c15c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/game/targets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Where a spell most likely goes, given what is on the field. Both the bot and
+// the target dropdown start from this; the player can always aim elsewhere.
+
+import { isElemental, type Spell } from './spells';
+import { enemyOf, isEnchanted, type GameState, type TargetId, type WizardId } from './state';
+
+export function likelyTarget(state: GameState, me: WizardId, spell: Spell): TargetId {
+	const foe = enemyOf(me);
+	const monsters = state.monsters;
+	const foeMonsters = monsters.filter((m) => m.owner === foe && !isElemental(m.kind));
+	const strongestFoeMonster = [...foeMonsters].sort((a, b) => b.attack - a.attack)[0];
+	const iceElemental = monsters.find((m) => m.kind === 'ice_elemental');
+	const fireElemental = monsters.find((m) => m.kind === 'fire_elemental');
+	switch (spell.id) {
+		case 'fireball':
+			return iceElemental?.id ?? foe;
+		case 'resist_cold':
+			return iceElemental?.id ?? me;
+		case 'resist_heat':
+			return fireElemental?.id ?? me;
+		case 'charm_monster':
+			return strongestFoeMonster?.id ?? foe;
+		case 'remove_enchantment':
+			return isEnchanted(state.wizards[foe]) || !strongestFoeMonster ? foe : strongestFoeMonster.id;
+		default:
+			return spell.usualTarget === 'self' ? me : foe;
+	}
+}