diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index c7a02f0..30139b0 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -5779,7 +5779,7 @@ function doCounteract(
       }
       player.hand.push(attackCard);
       const events: GameEvent[] = [
-        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" },
+        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" },
         { type: "attackAbsorbedIntoHand", player: playerId, attackCard },
         { type: "attackResolved", attacker: stack.attackerId, defender: stack.defenderId, attackCardId: attackCard.cardId, damageDealt: 0, reflectedDamage: 0, fullyStopped: true, redirected: false },
       ];
@@ -5809,7 +5809,7 @@ function doCounteract(
       return {
         ok: true,
         state,
-        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" }],
+        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" }],
       };
     }
 
@@ -5821,7 +5821,7 @@ function doCounteract(
       takeFromHand(player, instanceId);
       state.discard.push(card);
       const events: GameEvent[] = [
-        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" },
+        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" },
       ];
       attachSustained(state, events, "invisible", playerId, playerId, duration);
       stack.counters.push({ player: playerId, card, nullified: false });
@@ -5838,7 +5838,7 @@ function doCounteract(
       takeFromHand(player, instanceId);
       state.discard.push(card);
       const events: GameEvent[] = [
-        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" },
+        { type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" },
       ];
       attachSustained(state, events, "empathy", playerId, playerId, duration);
       stack.counters.push({ player: playerId, card, nullified: false });
@@ -5877,7 +5877,7 @@ function doCounteract(
       return {
         ok: true,
         state,
-        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" }],
+        events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" }],
       };
     }
 
@@ -5897,7 +5897,7 @@ function doCounteract(
     return {
       ok: true,
       state,
-      events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? "punch" }],
+      events: [{ type: "counteractionPlayed", player: playerId, card, cardId: card.cardId, against: stack.attackCard?.cardId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch" }],
     };
   }
 
@@ -6246,7 +6246,7 @@ function resolveStack(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
     // EMPATHY: "Any attack done in any form against you acts against both
     // you and the caster of the spell."
     if (damageDealt > 0 && sustainedOn(state, defender.id, "empathy").length > 0 && attacker.alive) {
-      applyDamage(state, events, attacker, damageDealt, `${attackId ?? "punch"} (empathy)`, defender.id, pipe.kind);
+      applyDamage(state, events, attacker, damageDealt, `${attackId ?? stack.sourceName ?? "punch"} (empathy)`, defender.id, pipe.kind);
     }
     // SHADOWSTONE: physical damage you deal feeds your life total.
     if (damageDealt > 0 && pipe.kind === "physical" && displays(attacker, "shadowstone") && attacker.alive) {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 29db92c..9ddd71f 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@
   let peekToken = $state<string | null>(null);
   /** Ledger chest tapped: the treasure full-size, with whose and who-holds. */
   let peekTreasure = $state<{ src: string; note: string } | null>(null);
+  /** Cardless blows that a card nonetheless made: the stack names the
+   * blow, and this names the card to show for it. */
+  const BLOW_CARD: Record<string, string> = { "warded treasure": "ward" };
+
   /** Bare-knuckle demolition: click a wall to punch it. */
   let punchWallMode = $state(false);
   /** Leafing through the face-up discard pile. */
@@ -1864,6 +1868,15 @@
               {view.stack.amplifyFactor > 1 ? ` — AMPLIFIED ×${view.stack.amplifyFactor}` : ""}
             </div>
           {/if}
+        {:else if view.stack.defenderId === view.you && view.stack.sourceName}
+          <!-- A cardless bite with a name — the WARD springing on a grabbed
+               treasure. The card that did it is shown; nobody threw it. -->
+          {#if BLOW_CARD[view.stack.sourceName]}
+            <div class="attack-card"><Card card={{ instanceId: `blow-${view.stack.sourceName}`, cardId: BLOW_CARD[view.stack.sourceName]! }} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} /></div>
+          {/if}
+          <div class="attack-power">
+            {view.stack.sourceName.toUpperCase()} — {view.stack.params?.damage ?? 0} damage inbound unless you answer it
+          </div>
         {:else if view.stack.defenderId === view.you}
           <div class="attack-fist">👊 a bare-knuckled punch</div>
         {:else if view.stack.counters.length > 0}
@@ -2194,7 +2207,8 @@
                     : view.stack.attackCard?.cardId === "illusionary-attack" && view.stack.params?.cardId
                       ? `an illusionary ${cardDef(view.stack.params.cardId).name}`
                       : view.stack.attackCard ? cardDef(view.stack.attackCard.cardId).name
-                        : view.stack.tearTreasure ? "a grab at your treasure" : "a punch"} —
+                        : view.stack.tearTreasure ? "a grab at your treasure"
+                        : view.stack.sourceName ? `a ${view.stack.sourceName}` : "a punch"} —
                   tap a counteraction card, or
                 {:else}
                   {view.stack.waitingOn === view.you ? "They counter your spell — counter back, or" : ""}
@@ -2609,6 +2623,11 @@
               <div class="cast-panel-head">⚔ incoming</div>
               {#if view.stack.attackCard}
                 <div class="cast-panel-card"><Card card={view.stack.attackCard} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} /></div>
+              {:else if view.stack.sourceName}
+                {#if BLOW_CARD[view.stack.sourceName]}
+                  <div class="cast-panel-card"><Card card={{ instanceId: `blow-${view.stack.sourceName}`, cardId: BLOW_CARD[view.stack.sourceName]! }} onfaq={(id) => (faqCardId = id)} /></div>
+                {/if}
+                <div class="cast-panel-note">{view.stack.sourceName} — it bites for {view.stack.params?.damage ?? 0}</div>
               {:else}
                 <div class="cast-panel-note">a physical blow — no card behind it</div>
               {/if}