diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 6bd71c4..cc15c37 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@
   );
   const youMustDiscard = $derived(view != null && view.pendingDiscard === view.you);
   const youMustShield = $derived(view?.chaosPending?.queue[0] === view?.you && view != null);
+  /** Picking up an object ends the turn's actions: the hand goes quiet until
+   * the draw — but never while a counter, shield, or discard is owed. */
+  const actionsSpent = $derived(
+    view != null && isYourTurn && view.turn.actionsEnded &&
+    !youMustRespond && !youMustShield && !youMustDiscard,
+  );
+  const commandedCreature = $derived(
+    selectedCreature && view
+      ? (view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === selectedCreature) ?? null)
+      : null,
+  );
   const holdingWard = $derived(view?.yourHand.some((c) => c.cardId === "ward") ?? false);
   /** A live moment to interrupt: another wizard acts, no attack is pending. */
   const canInterruptNow = $derived(
@@ -228,6 +239,7 @@
       discardSelection = next;
       return;
     }
+    if (actionsSpent) return; // picking up an object ended the turn's actions
     if (!isYourTurn) {
       // Live interruption: Interrupt / Opportunity Fire may be played during
       // another player's turn (when no attack is pending).
@@ -571,15 +583,10 @@
     }
     const mine = creature.controllerId === view.you || creature.kind === "democratic-monster";
     if (mine) {
-      const selecting = selectedCreature !== creatureId;
-      selectedCreature = selecting ? creatureId : null;
-      if (selecting) {
-        peekCard = { instanceId: `peek-${creature.kind}`, cardId: creature.kind };
-        peekCreatureId = creature.id;
-      } else {
-        peekCard = null;
-        peekCreatureId = null;
-      }
+      // Commanding your own creature docks its card in the rail instead of
+      // opening the centered peek — a modal would block the very board
+      // squares you are about to march it across.
+      selectedCreature = selectedCreature !== creatureId ? creatureId : null;
     } else {
       peekAt(creature.position);
     }
@@ -1153,6 +1160,18 @@
             Tap its token to command it.
           </div>
         {/each}
+        {#if commandedCreature}
+          <div class="creature-dock">
+            <Card
+              card={{ instanceId: `dock-${commandedCreature.kind}`, cardId: commandedCreature.kind }}
+              onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)}
+            />
+            <div class="peek-note">{creatureStats(commandedCreature)}</div>
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+        {#if actionsSpent}
+          <div class="slip">Your spellwork is spent for this turn — all that remains is to draw and end it.</div>
+        {/if}
 
         {#if view.yourAmbushes.length > 0}
           {#each view.yourAmbushes as a (a.id)}
@@ -1258,7 +1277,7 @@
             {#if sc}
               <span>Commanding <strong>{cardDef(sc.kind).name}</strong> — {creatureStats(sc)}.
                 Tap a square beside it to march, a target in its square to attack.</span>
-              <button class="hint-cancel" onclick={() => { selectedCreature = null; peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; }}>done</button>
+              <button class="hint-cancel" onclick={() => (selectedCreature = null)}>done</button>
             {/if}
           {/if}
           {#if youMustRespond && view.stack}
@@ -1427,7 +1446,7 @@
         </div>
       {/if}
 
-      <div class="hand" aria-label="your hand">
+      <div class="hand" class:spent={actionsSpent && !discardMode && discardSelection.size === 0} aria-label="your hand">
         {#each view.phase === "finished" ? [] : view.yourHand as card (card.instanceId)}
           <Card
             {card}
@@ -2018,6 +2037,20 @@
   .big-peek :global(.card:hover) { transform: scale(2.1); }
   .big-peek { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; }
   .big-peek-note { margin-top: 6.8rem; max-width: 15rem; font-size: 0.8rem; }
+  .creature-dock {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.3rem;
+  }
+  .creature-dock :global(.card) { cursor: default; }
+  .creature-dock :global(.card:hover) { transform: none; }
+  .hand.spent :global(.card) {
+    opacity: 0.45;
+    filter: grayscale(0.5);
+    cursor: default;
+  }
+  .hand.spent :global(.card:hover) { transform: none; }
   .tier-pick {
     background: #f6f0df;
     border: 1px solid #b3a687;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
index 2a036eb..b161dfe 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
@@ -149,8 +149,13 @@
   });
 </script>
 
+<!-- Explicit width/height give the svg an intrinsic size: Safari cannot
+     derive one from the viewBox alone and collapses the board to 0x0 inside
+     a max-height flex column. Doubled so CSS max-* caps still govern. -->
 <svg
   viewBox={`-8 -8 ${view.board.width * CELL + 16} ${view.board.height * CELL + 16}`}
+  width={(view.board.width * CELL + 16) * 2}
+  height={(view.board.height * CELL + 16) * 2}
   class="board"
 >
   <!-- floor -->