diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index f69b34f..a3fb7a1 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ 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 });
+ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, 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
diff --git a/src/store/ui.js b/src/store/ui.js
index 78704ef..ab8c17e 100644
--- a/src/store/ui.js
+++ b/src/store/ui.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ 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 b58237a..b001bc2 100644
--- a/src/styles/layout.css
+++ b/src/styles/layout.css
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 }
 .card__ghost {
   position: absolute;
-  top: 10px;
+  top: 2px;
   right: 8px;
   z-index: 0;
   font-size: 3rem;
@@ -460,13 +460,14 @@
 .card__art {
   position: relative;
   z-index: 1;
-  width: 120px;
-  height: 120px;
-  margin-top: 10px; /* flex column grows the card — no overlap with the body */
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-height: 124px;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center; /* centre the sprite in the card's upper area */
 }
 .card__art .sprite {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
+  width: 116px;
+  height: 116px;
   object-fit: contain;
   filter: drop-shadow(0 8px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28));
 }
@@ -474,21 +475,19 @@
 .card[data-sprite="game"] .card__art .sprite {
   image-rendering: pixelated;
 }
-.card[data-sprite="game"] .card__art {
-  width: 96px;
-  height: 96px;
+.card[data-sprite="game"] .card__art .sprite {
+  width: 92px;
+  height: 92px;
 }
 /* Gen 1–2 game sprites ship with an opaque white background — show them as
    a small framed tile rather than a box that swallows the card. */
-.card[data-boxed] .card__art {
-  width: 78px;
-  height: 78px;
+.card[data-boxed] .card__art .sprite {
+  width: 74px;
+  height: 74px;
   padding: 5px;
   border-radius: 12px;
   background: #f7f7f5;
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08), 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14);
-}
-.card[data-boxed] .card__art .sprite {
   filter: none;
 }
 .card__body {
diff --git a/src/views/DexGrid.js b/src/views/DexGrid.js
index be20040..d8db59d 100644
--- a/src/views/DexGrid.js
+++ b/src/views/DexGrid.js
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ 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';
@@ -160,26 +153,20 @@ export async function DexGrid() {
 
   // Changing the list order/contents makes the old scroll offset meaningless.
   function resetScroll() {
-    ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, feedAnchor: '' });
+    ui.set({ feedScroll: 0 });
     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.
+  // Return to the saved scroll offset. Retry a few times — the grid's height
+  // isn't final until the webfont loads and off-screen cards settle — but
+  // stop once we've reached the target or the user starts scrolling.
   function restoreScroll() {
-    const anchor = ui.get().feedAnchor;
-    const target = anchor && grid.querySelector(`.card[href="${anchor}"]`);
-    if (!target) {
-      window.scrollTo(0, ui.get().feedScroll || 0);
-      return;
-    }
+    const y = ui.get().feedScroll || 0;
+    if (!y) return;
     let applied = null;
     const go = () => {
       if (applied != null && Math.abs(window.scrollY - applied) > 8) return; // user moved
-      const headH = document.querySelector('.feed-head')?.getBoundingClientRect().height || 0;
-      target.style.scrollMarginTop = `${Math.round(headH) + 16}px`;
-      target.scrollIntoView({ block: 'start' });
+      window.scrollTo(0, y);
       applied = Math.round(window.scrollY);
     };
     go();
@@ -310,7 +297,7 @@ export async function DexGrid() {
   const offSettings = settings.subscribe((s) => {
     if (s.versionGroup !== mountedVG) {
       mountedVG = s.versionGroup;
-      ui.set({ feedScroll: 0, feedAnchor: '' });
+      ui.set({ feedScroll: 0 });
     }
     rebuild();
   });