diff --git a/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx b/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
index 8b0d5e7..406af92 100644
--- a/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
@@ -293,6 +293,20 @@ export function BattlePhase({ view, send, step, setStep }: Props) {
     const summoning = !done && lastEvent?.type === 'summon' && lastEvent.seat === seat
     const milling = !done && lastEvent?.type === 'mill' && lastEvent.seat === seat
     const revealing = !done && lastEvent?.type === 'reveal' && lastEvent.seat === seat
+    // A food (apple) that just landed on this side's fan — reveal off the deck or
+    // a Battle Prep hand-out — animates in from the deck rather than popping.
+    const newFoodId =
+      !done &&
+      lastEvent?.seat === seat &&
+      (lastEvent.type === 'prep' ||
+        (lastEvent.type === 'reveal' && lastEvent.card?.kind === 'food'))
+        ? lastEvent.card?.id
+        : null
+    // A pet just set aside rises up from the arena into the set-aside row.
+    const newSetAsideId =
+      !done && lastEvent?.type === 'setaside' && lastEvent.seat === seat
+        ? lastEvent.card?.id
+        : null
     // Hold the −N / miss! pop until the dice settle.
     const pop = done || (showingRock && !rockSettled) ? null : unitPop(lastEvent, seat, events, step)
 
@@ -344,7 +358,9 @@ export function BattlePhase({ view, send, step, setStep }: Props) {
         {s.setAside.map((c) => (
           <div
             key={c.id}
-            className={`setaside-card ${s.leaving.includes(c.id) ? 'is-leaving' : ''}`}
+            className={`setaside-card ${s.leaving.includes(c.id) ? 'is-leaving' : ''} ${
+              c.id === newSetAsideId ? 'setaside-in' : ''
+            }`}
           >
             <CardView card={c} size="sm" />
           </div>
@@ -361,7 +377,9 @@ export function BattlePhase({ view, send, step, setStep }: Props) {
         {foods.map((f, i) => (
           <div
             key={f.id}
-            className={`food-fan-card ${s.leaving.includes(f.id) ? 'is-leaving' : ''}`}
+            className={`food-fan-card ${s.leaving.includes(f.id) ? 'is-leaving' : ''} ${
+              f.id === newFoodId ? `food-in food-in-${dir}` : ''
+            }`}
             style={{ zIndex: i + 1 }}
           >
             <CardView card={f} size="sm" />
@@ -381,7 +399,7 @@ export function BattlePhase({ view, send, step, setStep }: Props) {
               'battle-unit',
               clashing || clashDying ? `clash-${dir}` : '',
               s.unit.dying ? 'unit-dying' : '',
-              revealing ? 'unit-reveal' : '',
+              revealing ? `unit-reveal unit-reveal-${dir}` : '',
             ]
               .filter(Boolean)
               .join(' ')}
diff --git a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
index 5e2e357..6161714 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import type { CSSProperties } from 'react'
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import type { Card, ClientMessage, GameView, PlayerView } from '../types'
 import { CardView } from './CardView'
@@ -11,6 +12,24 @@ interface Flyer {
   y: number
 }
 
+// A bought card in flight from the shop slot it was clicked to the spot it lands
+// in your deck. `from` is where the click happened; `dest` is measured once the
+// card shows up in the deck.
+interface CardFlyer {
+  id: string
+  card: Card
+  from: DOMRect
+  dest: DOMRect
+}
+
+function prefersReducedMotion(): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+    !!window.matchMedia &&
+    window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches
+  )
+}
+
 interface Props {
   view: GameView
   you: PlayerView
@@ -34,6 +53,23 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
   const shopAnim = useCardAnimations(view.shopRow, (c) => c.id || 'empty')
   const deckAnim = useCardAnimations(deck, (c) => c.id)
 
+  // --- buy animation: a bought card flies from the shop slot down into the
+  // hand. `buyFly` is the pending intent (set on click, before the server round
+  // trip); once the card lands in the deck we measure its slot and hand off to
+  // `cardFlyer`, which renders the traveling copy. While either references a
+  // card, that deck slot is held empty (hidden) so the card doesn't also pop in.
+  const [buyFly, setBuyFly] = useState<{ id: string; from: DOMRect; card: Card } | null>(null)
+  const [cardFlyer, setCardFlyer] = useState<CardFlyer | null>(null)
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (!buyFly) return
+    if (!deck.some((c) => c.id === buyFly.id)) return // hasn't landed in the deck yet
+    const el = document.querySelector(`.deck-row [data-card-id="${buyFly.id}"]`)
+    if (!el) return
+    setCardFlyer({ id: buyFly.id, card: buyFly.card, from: buyFly.from, dest: el.getBoundingClientRect() })
+    setBuyFly(null)
+  }, [deck, buyFly])
+
   // Drop selections that no longer exist (bought/traded/discarded cards).
   useEffect(() => {
     setSelected((sel) => sel.filter((id) => deck.some((c) => c.id === id)))
@@ -104,6 +140,20 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
     setSelected([])
   }
 
+  // Buy a card, flying it from the slot you clicked down into your hand. Capture
+  // the clicked card's rect now (the slot refills with a new card right away);
+  // the launch effect measures where it lands and animates the trip.
+  function buy(row: number) {
+    const card = view.shopRow[row]
+    const el = card.id ? document.querySelector(`.shop-row [data-card-id="${card.id}"]`) : null
+    if (el && !prefersReducedMotion()) {
+      setBuyFly({ id: card.id, from: el.getBoundingClientRect(), card })
+      // Safety net: if the card never shows up in the deck, stop hiding its slot.
+      window.setTimeout(() => setBuyFly((b) => (b?.id === card.id ? null : b)), 2000)
+    }
+    act({ type: 'buy', row })
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="shop">
       {/* Status line */}
@@ -144,18 +194,21 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
                   card={c}
                   size="lg"
                   disabled={!canBuy}
-                  onClick={canBuy ? () => act({ type: 'buy', row: i }) : undefined}
+                  onClick={canBuy ? () => buy(i) : undefined}
                 />
               </div>
             ) : (
               <div key={`empty-${i}`} className="card-slot-empty" />
             ),
           )}
-          {shopAnim.ghosts.map((g) => (
-            <div key={g.key} className="card-cell card-ghost" style={g.style}>
-              <CardView card={g.item} size="lg" />
-            </div>
-          ))}
+          {shopAnim.ghosts
+            // The bought card flies out as its own copy, so skip its shrink ghost.
+            .filter((g) => g.key !== buyFly?.id && g.key !== cardFlyer?.id)
+            .map((g) => (
+              <div key={g.key} className="card-cell card-ghost" style={g.style}>
+                <CardView card={g.item} size="lg" />
+              </div>
+            ))}
         </div>
         {myTurn && (
           <div className="hint">
@@ -179,15 +232,25 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
           <div className="muted deck-empty">No cards yet — buy something!</div>
         ) : (
           <div className="deck-row" ref={deckAnim.containerRef}>
-            {deck.map((c) => (
-              <div key={c.id} className="card-cell" data-flip-key={c.id} data-enter="pop">
-                <CardView
-                  card={c}
-                  selected={selected.includes(c.id)}
-                  onClick={() => toggle(c.id)}
-                />
-              </div>
-            ))}
+            {deck.map((c) => {
+              // Hold the slot empty while the bought card is flying into it, and
+              // skip the pop enter — the flight is its entrance.
+              const flying = c.id === buyFly?.id || c.id === cardFlyer?.id
+              return (
+                <div
+                  key={c.id}
+                  className={`card-cell ${flying ? 'is-arriving' : ''}`}
+                  data-flip-key={c.id}
+                  data-enter={flying ? 'none' : 'pop'}
+                >
+                  <CardView
+                    card={c}
+                    selected={selected.includes(c.id)}
+                    onClick={() => toggle(c.id)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )
+            })}
             {deckAnim.ghosts.map((g) => (
               <div key={g.key} className="card-cell card-ghost" style={g.style}>
                 <CardView card={g.item} />
@@ -287,6 +350,29 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {cardFlyer &&
+        createPortal(
+          <div
+            key={cardFlyer.id}
+            className="buy-flyer"
+            style={
+              {
+                left: cardFlyer.dest.left,
+                top: cardFlyer.dest.top,
+                width: cardFlyer.dest.width,
+                height: cardFlyer.dest.height,
+                '--dx': `${cardFlyer.from.left - cardFlyer.dest.left}px`,
+                '--dy': `${cardFlyer.from.top - cardFlyer.dest.top}px`,
+                '--s': `${cardFlyer.from.width / cardFlyer.dest.width}`,
+              } as CSSProperties
+            }
+            onAnimationEnd={() => setCardFlyer(null)}
+          >
+            <CardView card={cardFlyer.card} />
+          </div>,
+          document.body,
+        )}
+
       {flyers.length > 0 &&
         createPortal(
           <>
diff --git a/web/src/styles.css b/web/src/styles.css
index 60d7c6b..3513250 100644
--- a/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/web/src/styles.css
@@ -1481,6 +1481,32 @@ h3 {
   filter: drop-shadow(0 3px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5));
 }
 
+/* A bought card in flight from the shop slot to its landing spot in your hand.
+   The element is positioned over its destination slot (fixed) and inverted back
+   to where it was clicked (--dx/--dy/--s), then plays that offset out — a FLIP
+   from shop to hand. Its deck slot stays empty (.is-arriving) until it lands. */
+@keyframes buy-fly {
+  from {
+    transform: translate(var(--dx), var(--dy)) scale(var(--s));
+  }
+  to {
+    transform: translate(0, 0) scale(1);
+  }
+}
+
+.buy-flyer {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 60;
+  transform-origin: top left;
+  animation: buy-fly 480ms cubic-bezier(0.5, 0.02, 0.3, 1) forwards;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  filter: drop-shadow(0 12px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5));
+}
+
+.card-cell.is-arriving {
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+
 /* --- the pet in play --- */
 
 .battle-unit-zone {
@@ -1540,6 +1566,59 @@ h3 {
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
+/* A freshly dealt food (apple) sails in from the deck — up and toward the outer
+   edge — and settles onto the fan, rather than blinking into place. Direction
+   follows the side the deck sits on (see food-in-left / food-in-right). */
+@keyframes food-in-left {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(-64px, -52px) rotate(-14deg) scale(0.6);
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translate(0, 0) rotate(0) scale(1);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes food-in-right {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(64px, -52px) rotate(14deg) scale(0.6);
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translate(0, 0) rotate(0) scale(1);
+  }
+}
+
+.food-fan-card.food-in-left {
+  animation: food-in-left 440ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1) backwards;
+}
+
+.food-fan-card.food-in-right {
+  animation: food-in-right 440ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1) backwards;
+}
+
+/* A pet that faints with a pending effect rises up out of the arena into the
+   set-aside row, shrinking from its arena size to the smaller set-aside size. */
+@keyframes setaside-in {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(150px) scale(1.2);
+  }
+  55% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
+  }
+}
+
+.setaside-card.setaside-in {
+  animation: setaside-in 600ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1) backwards;
+}
+
 .battle-unit {
   position: relative;
   flex-shrink: 0;
@@ -1557,19 +1636,46 @@ h3 {
   font-size: 1.5rem;
 }
 
-@keyframes unit-reveal {
+/* A pet flips face-up off its deck: it starts over the stack (outer edge) still
+   turned edge-on, then slides in toward its arena slot while turning to face us.
+   The deck sits to the outer side of each unit, so each side pulls the reveal in
+   from its own edge. */
+@keyframes unit-reveal-left {
   from {
     opacity: 0;
-    transform: rotateY(90deg) scale(0.8);
+    transform: translateX(-108px) perspective(760px) rotateY(-92deg) scale(0.92);
+  }
+  45% {
+    opacity: 1;
   }
   to {
     opacity: 1;
-    transform: rotateY(0) scale(1);
+    transform: translateX(0) perspective(760px) rotateY(0deg) scale(1);
   }
 }
 
-.battle-unit.unit-reveal {
-  animation: unit-reveal 500ms ease;
+@keyframes unit-reveal-right {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateX(108px) perspective(760px) rotateY(92deg) scale(0.92);
+  }
+  45% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateX(0) perspective(760px) rotateY(0deg) scale(1);
+  }
+}
+
+.battle-unit.unit-reveal-left {
+  transform-origin: left center;
+  animation: unit-reveal-left 520ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1);
+}
+
+.battle-unit.unit-reveal-right {
+  transform-origin: right center;
+  animation: unit-reveal-right 520ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1);
 }
 
 /* --- rock dice --- */