diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 0a8392a..f69b34f 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ import { el } from './lib/dom.js';
 import { initRouter, rerender } from './router.js';
 import { Nav } from './components/Nav.js';
 import { settings, applyTheme } from './store/settings.js';
+import { ui } from './store/ui.js';
 
 applyTheme();
 
+// Own the scroll position ourselves (views restore it deliberately).
+if ('scrollRestoration' in history) history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
+// Navigation scroll memory is per-session — start a cold launch at the top.
+ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, feedAnchor: '', searchScroll: 0 });
+
 // React to preference changes. The dex feed updates itself in place, but the
 // Pokémon detail page is built once per visit — rebuild it when the selected
 // game changes so its data (flavour text, learnset, matchups, evolution,
diff --git a/src/store/ui.js b/src/store/ui.js
index ab8c17e..78704ef 100644
--- a/src/store/ui.js
+++ b/src/store/ui.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const ui = createStore('pdx.ui', {
   searchScroll: 0,
   searchTab: 'pokemon',
   feedScroll: 0,
+  feedAnchor: '',
   sort: 'dex',
   sortDesc: false,
   filter: 'all',
diff --git a/src/styles/layout.css b/src/styles/layout.css
index e9291a6..b58237a 100644
--- a/src/styles/layout.css
+++ b/src/styles/layout.css
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
   border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--type-main) 20%, var(--border));
   box-shadow: var(--shadow);
   content-visibility: auto;
-  contain-intrinsic-size: auto 236px;
+  contain-intrinsic-size: auto 250px;
   transition: transform 0.14s var(--ease-spring), box-shadow 0.14s ease;
   animation: cardIn 0.4s var(--ease-spring) backwards;
   animation-delay: calc(var(--i, 0) * 18ms);
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@
 }
 .card__ghost {
   position: absolute;
-  top: -4px;
-  right: 6px;
+  top: 10px;
+  right: 8px;
   z-index: 0;
   font-size: 3rem;
   font-weight: 800;
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
   z-index: 1;
   width: 120px;
   height: 120px;
+  margin-top: 10px; /* flex column grows the card — no overlap with the body */
 }
 .card__art .sprite {
   width: 100%;
diff --git a/src/views/DexGrid.js b/src/views/DexGrid.js
index 7685ca4..be20040 100644
--- a/src/views/DexGrid.js
+++ b/src/views/DexGrid.js
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ export async function DexGrid() {
   const snap = await loadSnapshot();
 
   const grid = el('div', { class: 'grid' });
+  // Remember which card was opened so Back can land on it exactly.
+  grid.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+    const card = e.target.closest('.card');
+    if (card && !e.target.closest('.card__caught')) {
+      ui.set({ feedAnchor: card.getAttribute('href') });
+    }
+  });
   let query = '';
   let filterKey = ui.get().filter || 'all';
   let sortKey = ui.get().sort || 'dex';
@@ -153,10 +160,34 @@ export async function DexGrid() {
 
   // Changing the list order/contents makes the old scroll offset meaningless.
   function resetScroll() {
-    ui.set({ feedScroll: 0 });
+    ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, feedAnchor: '' });
     window.scrollTo(0, 0);
   }
 
+  // Prefer landing on the exact card that was opened — robust against the
+  // grid's estimated off-screen card heights and late header reflow (webfont
+  // load). Re-correct a few times unless the user has already scrolled away.
+  function restoreScroll() {
+    const anchor = ui.get().feedAnchor;
+    const target = anchor && grid.querySelector(`.card[href="${anchor}"]`);
+    if (!target) {
+      window.scrollTo(0, ui.get().feedScroll || 0);
+      return;
+    }
+    let applied = null;
+    const go = () => {
+      if (applied != null && Math.abs(window.scrollY - applied) > 8) return; // user moved
+      const headH = document.querySelector('.feed-head')?.getBoundingClientRect().height || 0;
+      target.style.scrollMarginTop = `${Math.round(headH) + 16}px`;
+      target.scrollIntoView({ block: 'start' });
+      applied = Math.round(window.scrollY);
+    };
+    go();
+    setTimeout(go, 80);
+    setTimeout(go, 250);
+    if (document.fonts && document.fonts.ready) document.fonts.ready.then(go);
+  }
+
   view.append(
     el(
       'header',
@@ -274,12 +305,12 @@ export async function DexGrid() {
   let mountedVG = settings.get().versionGroup;
   rebuild();
   // Return to where the user last scrolled (e.g. after viewing a Pokémon).
-  requestAnimationFrame(() => window.scrollTo(0, ui.get().feedScroll || 0));
+  requestAnimationFrame(restoreScroll);
 
   const offSettings = settings.subscribe((s) => {
     if (s.versionGroup !== mountedVG) {
       mountedVG = s.versionGroup;
-      ui.set({ feedScroll: 0 });
+      ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, feedAnchor: '' });
     }
     rebuild();
   });