diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index 1c33f5f..a2e7ef3 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ export type GameEvent =
   | { type: "cardDisplayed"; player: PlayerId; card: CardInstance }
   | { type: "extraTurnGranted"; player: PlayerId }
   | { type: "lifeTraded"; player: PlayerId; points: number; newAllowance: number }
-  | { type: "trapSprung"; player: PlayerId }
+  | { type: "trapSprung"; player: PlayerId; cardId?: string }
   | { type: "died"; player: PlayerId; killedBy: PlayerId | null }
   | { type: "handTaken"; from: PlayerId; to: PlayerId; count: number }
   | { type: "handTakenPrivate"; visibleTo: PlayerId; cards: CardInstance[] }
@@ -5639,13 +5639,13 @@ function doEndTurn(prev: GameState, draw: number): CommandResult {
       if (isTrap(card.cardId)) {
         state.discard.push(card);
         p.lostTurns++;
-        events.push({ type: "trapSprung", player: p.id });
+        events.push({ type: "trapSprung", player: p.id, cardId: card.cardId });
         continue;
       }
       if (card.cardId === "gift-from-below") {
         // "You lose 3 points to magical damage, now ... then discard and redraw."
         state.discard.push(card);
-        events.push({ type: "trapSprung", player: p.id });
+        events.push({ type: "trapSprung", player: p.id, cardId: card.cardId });
         applyDamage(state, events, p, 3, "gift from below", null);
         checkVictory(state, events);
         if (!p.alive) break;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index cbe1c65..ebd8330 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@
   /** Live spell flourishes on the board (cosmetic, self-expiring). */
   let boardFx = $state<BoardFx[]>([]);
   let fxCancels: (() => void)[] = [];
+  /** A trap drawn by YOU earns a modal; buried log lines get missed. */
+  let trapNotice = $state<string | null>(null);
   function playFx(events: Parameters<typeof scheduleFx>[0]) {
     if (!view) return;
+    for (const e of events) {
+      if (e.type === "trapSprung" && e.player === view.you && e.cardId) trapNotice = e.cardId;
+    }
     fxCancels.push(scheduleFx(
       events, view,
       (fx) => (boardFx = [...boardFx, fx]),
@@ -1029,6 +1034,21 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 
+  {#if trapNotice}
+    <div class="scrim attack-scrim" role="alertdialog" aria-label="a trap card">
+      <div class="attack-notice">
+        <div class="attack-headline">A cruel draw!</div>
+        <div class="attack-card"><Card card={{ instanceId: "trap-notice", cardId: trapNotice }} /></div>
+        <div class="attack-power">
+          {trapNotice === "gift-from-below"
+            ? "It bites for 3 points, then the deck deals you another."
+            : "The trap snaps shut — you lose a turn."}
+        </div>
+        <button class="stamp big" onclick={() => (trapNotice = null)}>Curse the deck</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+
   {#if view && view.outOfTurnWindow?.playerId === view.you && !momentSeen}
     <div class="scrim attack-scrim" role="alertdialog" aria-label="your interruption">
       <div class="attack-notice">
diff --git a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
index d50430b..86dd701 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/net.svelte.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ export function humanize(e: GameEvent): string | null {
     case "wallCreated": return `A wall appears!`;
     case "wallDestroyed": return e.wasDoor ? `A door is blasted to rubble!` : `A wall crumbles!`;
     case "extraTurnGranted": return `${e.player} speeds up — extra turn banked.`;
-    case "trapSprung": return `${e.player} walked into an old TRAP! Lose a turn.`;
+    case "trapSprung": return e.cardId === "gift-from-below"
+      ? `${e.player} draws GIFT FROM BELOW — it bites for 3, then deals again!`
+      : `${e.player} walked into an old TRAP! Lose a turn.`;
     case "attackMissed": return e.because === "invisible"
       ? `The attack passes through empty air — ${e.defender} is invisible!`
       : `${e.defender} is too small to hit — the attack misses!`;