diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 0d5be81..b7c250b 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -119,6 +119,55 @@
       ? (view.creatures.find((c) => c.id === selectedCreature) ?? null)
       : null,
   );
+
+  /** The 5x5 sector a picked-up square belongs to (its origin), or null. */
+  const pendingSectorOrigin = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (!view || !pendingSectorFrom) return null;
+    const p = view.board.placements.find(
+      (p) =>
+        pendingSectorFrom!.x >= p.origin.x && pendingSectorFrom!.x < p.origin.x + 5 &&
+        pendingSectorFrom!.y >= p.origin.y && pendingSectorFrom!.y < p.origin.y + 5,
+    );
+    return p ? p.origin : null;
+  });
+
+  /** Legal empty slots the lifted sector may land on — mirroring the
+   * engine's relocateSector checks: on the 5-grid, non-negative, vacant,
+   * and leaving every sector adjacent to at least one other. */
+  const relocateGhosts = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (!view || selectedCard?.cardId !== "relocate-sector" || !pendingSectorOrigin) return null;
+    const origins = view.board.placements.map((p) => p.origin);
+    const idx = origins.findIndex(
+      (o) => o.x === pendingSectorOrigin!.x && o.y === pendingSectorOrigin!.y,
+    );
+    const adjacent = (a: { x: number; y: number }, b: { x: number; y: number }) =>
+      (Math.abs(a.x - b.x) === 5 && a.y === b.y) || (Math.abs(a.y - b.y) === 5 && a.x === b.x);
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    const out: { x: number; y: number }[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < origins.length; i++) {
+      if (i === idx) continue;
+      for (const [dx, dy] of [[5, 0], [-5, 0], [0, 5], [0, -5]] as const) {
+        const c = { x: origins[i]!.x + dx, y: origins[i]!.y + dy };
+        const k = `${c.x},${c.y}`;
+        if (seen.has(k)) continue;
+        seen.add(k);
+        if (c.x < 0 || c.y < 0) continue;
+        if (origins.some((o) => o.x === c.x && o.y === c.y)) continue;
+        const next = origins.map((o, j) => (j === idx ? c : o));
+        if (next.every((o, j) => next.some((p, m) => m !== j && adjacent(o, p)))) out.push(c);
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  });
+
+  function clickGhostSlot(origin: { x: number; y: number }) {
+    if (!selectedCard || !pendingSectorFrom) return;
+    dispatch({
+      type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
+      target: { kind: "cell", cell: origin }, params: { cell: pendingSectorFrom },
+    });
+    clearSelection();
+  }
   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(
@@ -364,15 +413,9 @@
       return;
     }
     if (selectedCard?.cardId === "relocate-sector") {
-      if (!pendingSectorFrom) {
-        pendingSectorFrom = cell; // first click: the sector to move
-        return;
-      }
-      dispatch({
-        type: "cast", instanceId: selectedCard.instanceId,
-        target: { kind: "cell", cell }, params: { cell: pendingSectorFrom },
-      });
-      clearSelection();
+      // Any board click (re-)picks the sector; the landing is chosen from the
+      // dashed ghost slots beyond the maze, since every on-board slot is taken.
+      pendingSectorFrom = cell;
       return;
     }
     if (selectedCard?.cardId === "boobytrap") {
@@ -1115,7 +1158,10 @@
           onPlayerClick={clickPlayer}
           onCreatureClick={clickCreature}
           onWarpClick={clickWarp}
-          markedCell={tradeFrom ?? pendingSectorFrom}
+          markedCell={tradeFrom}
+          markedSector={pendingSectorOrigin}
+          ghostSlots={relocateGhosts}
+          onGhostClick={clickGhostSlot}
           onCellPeek={(c) => peekAt(c)}
           {litCells}
         />
@@ -1345,7 +1391,11 @@
               <span>— click the sector</span>
             {/if}
             {#if selectedCard?.cardId === "relocate-sector"}
-              <span>{pendingSectorFrom ? "— now the destination area" : "— click the sector to move"}</span>
+              <span>{pendingSectorFrom
+                ? (relocateGhosts?.length
+                    ? "— now tap a dashed landing beside the maze"
+                    : "— that sector has nowhere legal to go; pick another")
+                : "— click the sector to move"}</span>
             {/if}
             {#if selectedCard && NAMED_CARDS.has(selectedCard.cardId)}
               <label class="inline">name <input class="text-input" list="card-name-options" bind:value={nameInput} placeholder="e.g. Fireball" /></label>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
index b161dfe..9db4357 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
     onCellPeek,
     markedCell = null,
     litCells = null,
+    markedSector = null,
+    ghostSlots = null,
+    onGhostClick,
   }: {
     view: GameView;
     edgeSelectMode?: boolean;
@@ -33,8 +36,23 @@
     markedCell?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
     /** When set, squares NOT in this set dim — the targeting aid. */
     litCells?: Set<string> | null;
+    /** Origin of a picked-up 5x5 sector: the whole sector outlines as taken. */
+    markedSector?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
+    /** Empty 5x5 slot origins a sector may land on — drawn as dashed ground
+     * beyond the maze, since an empty slot has no floor of its own to click. */
+    ghostSlots?: { x: number; y: number }[] | null;
+    onGhostClick?: (origin: { x: number; y: number }) => void;
   } = $props();
 
+  const SECTOR = 5;
+  /** Ghost slots can lie beyond the assembled maze; the canvas grows to hold them. */
+  const boundsW = $derived(
+    Math.max(view.board.width, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.x + SECTOR)) * CELL + 16,
+  );
+  const boundsH = $derived(
+    Math.max(view.board.height, ...(ghostSlots ?? []).map((g) => g.y + SECTOR)) * CELL + 16,
+  );
+
 
   // Press-and-hold peeks the square's card; a fired hold swallows the click.
   let peekTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
@@ -153,11 +171,23 @@
      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}
+  viewBox={`-8 -8 ${boundsW} ${boundsH}`}
+  width={boundsW * 2}
+  height={boundsH * 2}
   class="board"
 >
+  <!-- open ground a relocated sector may claim -->
+  {#each ghostSlots ?? [] as g (`${g.x},${g.y}`)}
+    <rect
+      x={g.x * CELL + 2} y={g.y * CELL + 2}
+      width={SECTOR * CELL - 4} height={SECTOR * CELL - 4}
+      class="ghost-slot"
+      role="button" tabindex="-1"
+      onclick={() => onGhostClick?.(g)}
+      onkeydown={() => {}}
+    />
+  {/each}
+
   <!-- floor -->
   {#each cells as c (`${c.x},${c.y}`)}
     <rect
@@ -388,6 +418,15 @@
     />
   {/if}
 
+  <!-- the sector picked up, awaiting its new ground -->
+  {#if markedSector}
+    <rect
+      x={markedSector.x * CELL + 3} y={markedSector.y * CELL + 3}
+      width={SECTOR * CELL - 6} height={SECTOR * CELL - 6}
+      rx="8" class="marked-sector"
+    />
+  {/if}
+
   <!-- wizards -->
   {#each [...wizardsByCell.entries()] as [key, group] (key)}
     {#each group as p, i (p.id)}
@@ -607,6 +646,23 @@
     pointer-events: none;
     animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
   }
+  .marked-sector {
+    fill: rgba(211, 133, 43, 0.12);
+    stroke: #d3852b;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    stroke-dasharray: 10 6;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+  }
+  .ghost-slot {
+    fill: rgba(122, 162, 122, 0.10);
+    stroke: #7aa27a;
+    stroke-width: 2.5;
+    stroke-dasharray: 10 6;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    animation: warp-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+  }
+  .ghost-slot:hover { fill: rgba(122, 162, 122, 0.22); }
   .warp-dest {
     fill: none;
     stroke: #2e7d32;
@@ -620,7 +676,7 @@
     50% { opacity: 0.35; }
   }
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
-    .marked-cell, .warp-dest { animation: none; }
+    .marked-cell, .marked-sector, .ghost-slot, .warp-dest { animation: none; }
   }
   .wizard { cursor: pointer; }
   .wizard-label {