diff --git a/internal/game/game.go b/internal/game/game.go
index 05f4d9b..4ad2434 100644
--- a/internal/game/game.go
+++ b/internal/game/game.go
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func (g *Game) TradeStart(playerID string, cardIDs []string) error {
 		ids[i] = c.ID
 	}
 	g.addLog(LogEntry{Seat: p.Seat, Icon: "🔄", Kind: LogTrade, Cards: ids,
-		Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s traded in %s (%s) for a tier %d pick.",
+		Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s tripled %s (%s) for a tier %d pick.",
 			p.Name, strings.Join(names, ", "), suit, nextTier)})
 	g.Pending = &PendingTrade{
 		PlayerID: playerID,
@@ -757,11 +757,11 @@ func (g *Game) TradeChoose(playerID string, pick int) error {
 	// we have to reveal that pet (its effect log names it anyway).
 	if hasBuyEffect(chosen) {
 		g.addLog(LogEntry{Seat: p.Seat, Icon: "🔄", Kind: LogTradePick, CardName: chosen.Name,
-			Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s's trade pick is %s %s — its buy ability triggers.",
+			Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s's Triple pick is %s %s — its buy ability triggers.",
 				p.Name, article(chosen.Name), chosen.Name)})
 	} else {
 		g.addLog(LogEntry{Seat: p.Seat, Icon: "🔄", Kind: LogTradePick,
-			Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s keeps their trade pick hidden.", p.Name)})
+			Text: fmt.Sprintf("%s keeps their Triple pick hidden.", p.Name)})
 	}
 	// Pets obtained via the Triple action trigger their Buy effects.
 	g.applyShopTrigger(p, chosen, TriggerBuy)
diff --git a/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx b/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
index f2a6ce0..9ad572f 100644
--- a/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/BattlePhase.tsx
@@ -537,13 +537,19 @@ export function BattlePhase({ view, send, step, setStep }: Props) {
               ? { left: peek.rect.left }
               : { right: window.innerWidth - peek.rect.right }),
           }
+          // Your deck sits on the left of the board and fights from its right
+          // edge; the rival's sits on the right and fights from its left edge.
+          // Order each peek to match, so "first" always points toward the clash.
+          const mine = peek.seat === youSeat
+          const firstSide = mine ? 'right' : 'left'
           return createPortal(
             <div className={`deck-peek deck-peek-${peek.dir}`} style={style}>
               <div className="deck-peek-label">
-                {peek.seat === youSeat ? 'Your' : 'Opponent’s'} deck · {lineup.length} card
-                {lineup.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} (first on the right)
+                {mine ? 'Your' : 'Opponent’s'} deck · {lineup.length} card
+                {lineup.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} (first on the {firstSide})
               </div>
-              <div className="deck-peek-cards">
+              <div className={`deck-peek-cards first-${firstSide}`}>
+                <div className="deck-peek-first">⚔️ first</div>
                 {lineup.map((c, i) => (
                   <CardView key={c.id || i} card={c} size="sm" />
                 ))}
diff --git a/web/src/components/CardView.tsx b/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
index 395fa26..7b4ec83 100644
--- a/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const TRIGGER_GLOSS: Record<string, string> = {
   Hurt: 'when it survives taking damage',
   Sell: 'when you sell it in the shop',
   Buy: 'when you buy it',
-  Triple: 'when traded in as one of three',
+  Triple: 'when tripled as one of three same-suit pets',
   'After Attacking': 'right after it attacks in a clash',
   'Battle Prep': 'as the battle is arranged',
   'Shop start': 'when the shop opens each round',
diff --git a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
index d0ca718..0f8695e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
       <div className="shop-status">
         {pending && !myPending ? (
           <span className="muted">
-            {opponent?.name ?? 'Opponent'} is trading up a tier…
+            {opponent?.name ?? 'Opponent'} is tripling up a tier…
           </span>
         ) : you.ready ? (
           <span className="muted">
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
             Too many pets! Sell down to {view.maxPets} before you can pass 🍎
           </span>
         ) : myTurn ? (
-          <span className="status-hot">Your turn — buy, sell, trade, or pass</span>
+          <span className="shop-status-pill">Your turn — buy, sell, triple, or pass</span>
         ) : (
           <span className="muted">
             {view.players[view.turn]?.name ?? 'Opponent'}’s turn…
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
                 ? 'Tap a card to buy it for 1 🪙 — selling and trading are free'
                 : avocados > 0
                   ? 'No coins — tap a card to buy it by discarding an Avocado 🥑'
-                  : 'No coins left — you can still sell, trade, or pass'}
+                  : 'No coins left — you can still sell, triple, or pass'}
           </div>
         )}
       </section>
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
           className="btn btn-secondary"
           disabled={!myTurn || !sameSuit || view.round >= view.maxRounds}
           onClick={() => act({ type: 'trade', cards: selected })}
-          title="Trade 3 same-suit pets for a pick from the next tier — free"
+          title="Triple 3 same-suit pets for a pick from the next tier — free"
         >
-          Trade 3{' '}
+          Triple 3{' '}
           {sameSuit && selectedCards[0].suit ? (
             <span className={`suit-dot suit-${selectedCards[0].suit}`} />
           ) : (
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {/* Trade picker */}
+      {/* Triple picker */}
       {myPending && pending && (
         <div className="modal-backdrop">
           <div className="modal">
diff --git a/web/src/components/Table.tsx b/web/src/components/Table.tsx
index e4b72fc..3e92a00 100644
--- a/web/src/components/Table.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/Table.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export function Table({ session, onLeave }: { session: Session; onLeave: () => v
     })
 
   // A shop-phase peek at an opponent's deck from the previous round's battle
-  // (its arranged lineup is already public). Anchored under the clicked button.
-  const [deckPeek, setDeckPeek] = useState<{ seat: number; rect: DOMRect } | null>(null)
+  // (its arranged lineup is already public). Shown as a centered modal.
+  const [deckPeek, setDeckPeek] = useState<{ seat: number } | null>(null)
 
   // The battle outcome is known before the replay plays out, so we hold its
   // "result" log entry back: it's dropped from the persistent list during the
@@ -158,10 +158,9 @@ export function Table({ session, onLeave }: { session: Session; onLeave: () => v
                   <button
                     className={`chip chip-btn ${deckPeek?.seat === p.seat ? 'is-active' : ''}`}
                     title="See their deck from last round's battle"
-                    onClick={(e) => {
-                      const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
-                      setDeckPeek((cur) => (cur?.seat === p.seat ? null : { seat: p.seat, rect }))
-                    }}
+                    onClick={() =>
+                      setDeckPeek((cur) => (cur?.seat === p.seat ? null : { seat: p.seat }))
+                    }
                   >
                     👁 deck
                   </button>
@@ -214,25 +213,26 @@ export function Table({ session, onLeave }: { session: Session; onLeave: () => v
           const lineup = view.battle?.lineups?.[deckPeek.seat] ?? []
           if (!lineup.length) return null
           const oppName = view.players.find((p) => p.seat === deckPeek.seat)?.name ?? 'Opponent'
-          const left = Math.max(8, Math.min(deckPeek.rect.left, window.innerWidth - 380))
           return createPortal(
-            <>
-              <div className="deck-peek-backdrop" onClick={() => setDeckPeek(null)} />
+            <div className="modal-backdrop" onClick={() => setDeckPeek(null)}>
               <div
-                className="deck-peek deck-peek-toolbar"
-                style={{ top: deckPeek.rect.bottom + 8, left }}
+                className="modal deck-peek-modal"
+                onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
               >
                 <div className="deck-peek-label">
-                  {oppName}’s deck last round · {lineup.length} card
-                  {lineup.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} (first on the right)
+                  {oppName}’s deck from last round’s battle · {lineup.length} card
+                  {lineup.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} (first on the left)
                 </div>
-                <div className="deck-peek-cards">
+                {/* The rival battles on your right, so their first pet faces you
+                    on the left — order the peek to match, first card on the left. */}
+                <div className="deck-peek-cards first-left">
+                  <div className="deck-peek-first">⚔️ first</div>
                   {lineup.map((c, i) => (
                     <CardView key={c.id || i} card={c} size="sm" />
                   ))}
                 </div>
               </div>
-            </>,
+            </div>,
             document.body,
           )
         })()}
diff --git a/web/src/styles.css b/web/src/styles.css
index d815e83..321d427 100644
--- a/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/web/src/styles.css
@@ -1246,6 +1246,24 @@ h3 {
   animation: pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
 }
 
+/* The "it's your turn" prompt as a solid golden badge with light text, so it
+   reads as a call to action rather than bare pulsing text. */
+.shop-status-pill {
+  display: inline-block;
+  font-family: var(--font-display);
+  font-size: 0.92em;
+  color: #fff8e6;
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--gold), var(--gold-deep));
+  padding: 0.22em 0.85em;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(120, 78, 8, 0.5);
+  box-shadow:
+    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5),
+    inset 0 -4px 10px rgba(150, 100, 20, 0.3),
+    0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+}
+
 @keyframes pulse {
   0%,
   100% {
@@ -2601,22 +2619,52 @@ h3 {
 .deck-peek-cards {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
   gap: 6px;
   max-width: min(60vw, 560px);
-  /* Read right-to-left like the arrangement screen: the first (top) card sits
-     on the right and later pets flow left. */
-  direction: rtl;
 }
 
-/* Keep each card's own contents left-to-right despite the rtl row. */
+/* first-right: the first pet sits on the right (matches your own arrangement).
+   first-left: the first pet sits on the left (a rival, who faces you from the
+   right of the board). The "⚔️ first" marker is the first DOM child, so it
+   lands next to the first card at whichever end. */
+.deck-peek-cards.first-right {
+  direction: rtl;
+}
+.deck-peek-cards.first-left {
+  direction: ltr;
+}
+
+/* Keep each card's own contents left-to-right regardless of row direction. */
 .deck-peek-cards > * {
   direction: ltr;
 }
 
-/* Backdrop behind the toolbar deck-peek: any click outside dismisses it. Sits
-   below the popover (z 60) but above the board. */
-.deck-peek-backdrop {
-  position: fixed;
-  inset: 0;
-  z-index: 55;
+/* Compact echo of the arrangement phase's "⚔️ first" indicator. */
+.deck-peek-first {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  align-self: stretch;
+  font-family: var(--font-display);
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
+  color: var(--gold);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  padding: 0 2px;
+}
+
+/* Deck peek shown as a centered modal (shop-phase rival deck): cap the width so
+   a wide lineup wraps instead of running off-screen. */
+.deck-peek-modal {
+  padding: 20px;
+  gap: 12px;
+  max-width: min(92vw, 720px);
+}
+
+.deck-peek-modal .deck-peek-cards {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+}
+
+.deck-peek-modal .deck-peek-label {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
 }