diff --git a/code/web/templates/base.html b/code/web/templates/base.html
index 3f8fe5b..a9bf533 100644
--- a/code/web/templates/base.html
+++ b/code/web/templates/base.html
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="upgrade-insecure-requests" />
     <title>MTG Deckbuilder</title>
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.12" onerror="var s=document.createElement('script');s.src='/static/vendor/htmx-1.9.12.min.js';document.head.appendChild(s);"></script>
-    <script>
-      // Ensure legacy hover system never initializes (set before its script executes)
-      window.__disableLegacyCardHover = true;
-    </script>
     <script>
       (function(){
         // Pre-CSS theme bootstrapping to avoid flash/mismatch on first paint
@@ -244,34 +240,7 @@
         setInterval(pollStatus, 10000);
         pollStatus();
 
-  function ensureCard() {
-    // Legacy large image hover kept for fallback; disabled in favor of unified hover-card-panel
-    if (window.__disableLegacyCardHover) return document.getElementById('card-hover') || document.createElement('div');
-          var pop = document.getElementById('card-hover');
-          if (!pop) {
-            pop = document.createElement('div');
-            pop.id = 'card-hover';
-            pop.className = 'card-hover';
-            var inner = document.createElement('div');
-            inner.className = 'card-hover-inner';
-            var img = document.createElement('img');
-            img.alt = 'Card preview';
-            var img2 = document.createElement('img');
-            img2.alt = 'Card preview'; img2.style.display = 'none';
-            var meta = document.createElement('div');
-            meta.className = 'card-meta';
-            var dual = document.createElement('div');
-            dual.className = 'dual';
-            dual.appendChild(img);
-            dual.appendChild(img2);
-            inner.appendChild(dual);
-            inner.appendChild(meta);
-            pop.appendChild(inner);
-            document.body.appendChild(pop);
-          }
-          return pop;
-        }
-  var cardPop = ensureCard();
+        // Card image URL builder with synergy annotation stripping
         var PREVIEW_VERSIONS = ['normal','large'];
         function normalizeCardName(raw){
           if(!raw) return raw;
@@ -340,132 +309,10 @@
           });
         }
 
-        function positionCard(e) {
-          var x = e.clientX + 16, y = e.clientY + 16;
-          cardPop.style.display = 'block';
-          cardPop.style.left = x + 'px';
-          cardPop.style.top = y + 'px';
-          var rect = cardPop.getBoundingClientRect();
-          var vw = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth;
-          var vh = window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight;
-          if (x + rect.width + 8 > vw) cardPop.style.left = (e.clientX - rect.width - 16) + 'px';
-          if (y + rect.height + 8 > vh) cardPop.style.top = (e.clientY - rect.height - 16) + 'px';
-        }
-    function attachCardHover() {
-      if (window.__disableLegacyCardHover) return; // short-circuit legacy system
-          document.querySelectorAll('[data-card-name]').forEach(function(el) {
-            if (el.__cardHoverBound) return; // avoid duplicate bindings
-            el.__cardHoverBound = true;
-            el.addEventListener('mouseenter', function(e) {
-      var img = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner img');
-      var img2 = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner .dual img:nth-child(2)');
-      if (img2) img2.style.display = 'none';
-        var dualNode = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner .dual');
-        if (img2) { img2.style.display = 'none'; }
-        if (dualNode) { dualNode.classList.remove('combo','two-faced'); }
-              var meta = cardPop.querySelector('.card-meta');
-              var name = el.getAttribute('data-card-name') || '';
-              var vi = 0; // always start at 'normal' on hover
-                img.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi], false, 'front');
-              // Bind a one-off error handler per enter to try fallbacks
-              var triedNoCache = false;
-              function onErr(){
-                  if (vi < PREVIEW_VERSIONS.length - 1){ vi += 1; img.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi], false, 'front'); }
-                  else if (!triedNoCache){ triedNoCache = true; img.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi], true, 'front'); }
-                else { img.removeEventListener('error', onErr); }
-              }
-              img.addEventListener('error', onErr, { once:false });
-              img.addEventListener('load', function onOk(){ img.removeEventListener('load', onOk); img.removeEventListener('error', onErr); });
-
-                // Attempt to load back face (double-faced / transform). If it fails, we silently hide.
-                if (img2) {
-                  img2.style.display = 'none';
-                  var backTriedNoCache = false;
-                  var backIdx = 0;
-                  function backErr(){
-                    if (backIdx < PREVIEW_VERSIONS.length - 1){
-                      backIdx += 1; img2.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[backIdx], false, 'back');
-                    } else if (!backTriedNoCache){
-                      backTriedNoCache = true; img2.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[backIdx], true, 'back');
-                    } else {
-                      img2.removeEventListener('error', backErr); img2.style.display='none';
-                    }
-                  }
-                  function backOk(){ img2.removeEventListener('error', backErr); img2.removeEventListener('load', backOk); if (dualNode) dualNode.classList.add('two-faced'); img2.style.display=''; }
-                  img2.addEventListener('error', backErr, { once:false });
-                  img2.addEventListener('load', backOk, { once:false });
-                  img2.src = buildCardUrl(name, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[0], false, 'back');
-                }
-              var role = el.getAttribute('data-role') || '';
-              var rawTags = el.getAttribute('data-tags') || '';
-              var overlapsRaw = el.getAttribute('data-overlaps') || '';
-              // Clean and split tags into an array; remove brackets and quotes
-              var tags = rawTags
-                .replace(/[\[\]\u2018\u2019'\u201C\u201D"]/g,'')
-                .split(/\s*,\s*/)
-                .filter(function(t){ return t && t.trim(); });
-              var overlaps = overlapsRaw.split(/\s*,\s*/).filter(function(t){ return t; });
-              var overlapSet = new Set(overlaps);
-              var highlightOverlapsInList = overlaps.length === 0;
-              if (role || (tags && tags.length)) {
-                var html = '';
-                if (role) {
-                  html += '<div class="line"><span class="label">Role</span>' + role.replace(/</g,'&lt;') + '</div>';
-                }
-                if (tags && tags.length) {
-                  html += '<div class="line"><span class="label themes-label">Themes</span><ul class="themes-list">' + tags.map(function(t){ var safe=t.replace(/</g,'&lt;'); var isOverlap = overlapSet.has(t); return '<li' + ((highlightOverlapsInList && isOverlap) ? ' class="overlap"' : '') + '>' + safe + '</li>'; }).join('') + '</ul></div>';
-                  if (overlaps.length){
-                    html += '<div class="line" style="margin-top:4px;"><span class="label" title="Themes shared with preview selection">Overlaps</span>' + overlaps.map(function(o){ return '<span class="ov-chip">'+o.replace(/</g,'&lt;')+'</span>'; }).join(' ') + '</div>';
-                  }
-                }
-                meta.innerHTML = html;
-                meta.style.display = '';
-              } else {
-                meta.style.display = 'none';
-                meta.innerHTML = '';
-              }
-              positionCard(e);
-            });
-            el.addEventListener('mousemove', positionCard);
-            el.addEventListener('mouseleave', function() { cardPop.style.display = 'none'; });
-          });
-          // Dual-card hover for combo rows
-          document.querySelectorAll('[data-combo-names]').forEach(function(el){
-            if (el.__comboHoverBound) return; el.__comboHoverBound = true;
-            el.addEventListener('mouseenter', function(e){
-              var namesAttr = el.getAttribute('data-combo-names') || '';
-              var parts = namesAttr.split('||');
-              var a = (parts[0]||'').trim(); var b = (parts[1]||'').trim();
-              if (!a || !b) return;
-              var img = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner img');
-              var img2 = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner .dual img:nth-child(2)');
-              var meta = cardPop.querySelector('.card-meta');
-              if (img2) img2.style.display = '';
-              var vi1 = 0, vi2 = 0; var triedNoCache1 = false, triedNoCache2 = false;
-              img.src = buildCardUrl(a, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi1], false);
-              img.src = buildCardUrl(a, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi1], false, 'front');
-              img2.src = buildCardUrl(b, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi2], false, 'front');
-              var dualNode = cardPop.querySelector('.card-hover-inner .dual');
-              if (dualNode){ dualNode.classList.add('combo'); dualNode.classList.remove('two-faced'); }
-              function err1(){ if (vi1 < PREVIEW_VERSIONS.length - 1){ vi1 += 1; img.src = buildCardUrl(a, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi1], false);} else if (!triedNoCache1){ triedNoCache1 = true; img.src = buildCardUrl(a, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi1], true);} else { img.removeEventListener('error', err1);} }
-              function err2(){ if (vi2 < PREVIEW_VERSIONS.length - 1){ vi2 += 1; img2.src = buildCardUrl(b, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi2], false);} else if (!triedNoCache2){ triedNoCache2 = true; img2.src = buildCardUrl(b, PREVIEW_VERSIONS[vi2], true);} else { img2.removeEventListener('error', err2);} }
-              img.addEventListener('error', err1, { once:false });
-              img2.addEventListener('error', err2, { once:false });
-              img.addEventListener('load', function on1(){ img.removeEventListener('load', on1); img.removeEventListener('error', err1); });
-              img2.addEventListener('load', function on2(){ img2.removeEventListener('load', on2); img2.removeEventListener('error', err2); });
-              meta.style.display = 'none'; meta.innerHTML = '';
-              positionCard(e);
-            });
-            el.addEventListener('mousemove', positionCard);
-            el.addEventListener('mouseleave', function(){ cardPop.style.display='none'; });
-          });
-        }
-    // Expose re-init functions globally for dynamic content
-    window.attachCardHover = attachCardHover;
-    window.bindAllCardImageRetries = bindAllCardImageRetries;
-    attachCardHover();
-    bindAllCardImageRetries();
-    document.addEventListener('htmx:afterSwap', function() { attachCardHover(); bindAllCardImageRetries(); });
+        // Expose image retry binding globally for dynamic content
+        window.bindAllCardImageRetries = bindAllCardImageRetries;
+        bindAllCardImageRetries();
+        document.addEventListener('htmx:afterSwap', bindAllCardImageRetries);
       })();
     </script>
     <script>
@@ -765,8 +612,6 @@
   <script>
     // Global delegated hover card panel initializer (ensures functionality after HTMX swaps)
     (function(){
-      // Disable legacy multi-element hover in favor of single unified panel
-      window.__disableLegacyCardHover = true;
       // Global delegated curated-only & reasons controls (works after HTMX swaps and inline render)
       function findPreviewRoot(el){ return el.closest('.preview-modal-content.theme-preview-expanded') || el.closest('.preview-modal-content'); }
       function applyCuratedFor(root){