diff --git a/web/src/App.tsx b/web/src/App.tsx
index 2ec2b23..e3183d5 100644
--- a/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   encodeAction,
   legalActionMask,
   newGame,
+  previewPlacement,
   step,
 } from "./game/engine";
 import { DISCARD, DRAW_DECK, N_CARDS, PLAY, type GameState, type PlaceType } from "./game/types";
@@ -27,10 +28,18 @@ function App() {
   const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
   const generation = useRef(0);
 
-  const scores = useMemo(() => boardScore(state), [state]);
   const humanHand = useMemo(() => currentHandSorted(state, 0), [state]);
   const opponentHand = useMemo(() => currentHandSorted(state, 1), [state]);
   const legal = useMemo(() => legalActionMask(state), [state]);
+  const selectedCard = selection.handSlot === null ? null : humanHand[selection.handSlot];
+  const selectedColor = selectedCard === null ? null : cardColor(selectedCard);
+  const displayState = useMemo(
+    () => selection.handSlot === null || selection.placeType === null
+      ? state
+      : previewPlacement(state, selection.handSlot, selection.placeType),
+    [selection, state],
+  );
+  const scores = useMemo(() => boardScore(displayState), [displayState]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -106,8 +115,6 @@ function App() {
     setSelection(EMPTY_SELECTION);
   }
 
-  const selectedCard = selection.handSlot === null ? null : humanHand[selection.handSlot];
-  const selectedColor = selectedCard === null ? null : cardColor(selectedCard);
   const canPlaySelected = selection.handSlot !== null && Array.from(
     { length: 6 },
     (_, draw) => legal[encodeAction(selection.handSlot!, PLAY, draw)],
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ function App() {
 
       <div className="table-center">
         <Board
-          state={state}
+          state={displayState}
           selectedColor={selectedColor}
           selectedPlace={selection.placeType}
           canPlay={canPlaySelected}
@@ -168,6 +175,7 @@ function App() {
 
       <section className="human-hand" aria-label="Your hand">
         {humanHand.map((card, index) => (
+          selection.placeType !== null && selection.handSlot === index ? null :
           <Card
             card={card}
             key={card}
diff --git a/web/src/game/engine.test.ts b/web/src/game/engine.test.ts
index 5928ae4..97d0c1a 100644
--- a/web/src/game/engine.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/game/engine.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 
-import { boardScore, currentHandSorted, encodeAction, legalActionMask, resetFromOrder, step } from "./engine";
-import { DISCARD, DRAW_DECK, N_CARDS } from "./types";
+import {
+  boardScore,
+  cardsOnBoard,
+  currentHandSorted,
+  encodeAction,
+  legalActionMask,
+  previewPlacement,
+  resetFromOrder,
+  step,
+} from "./engine";
+import { DISCARD, DRAW_DECK, N_CARDS, PLAY } from "./types";
 import { cardColor } from "./cards";
 import { observation } from "./observation";
 import fixture from "./parity-fixture.json";
@@ -24,6 +33,19 @@ describe("JAX-compatible game engine", () => {
     expect(mask[encodeAction(0, DISCARD, DRAW_DECK)]).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("previews a placed card without ending the turn", () => {
+    const state = resetFromOrder(orderedDeck);
+    const card = currentHandSorted(state)[3];
+    const preview = previewPlacement(state, 3, PLAY);
+
+    expect(currentHandSorted(preview, 0)).not.toContain(card);
+    expect(cardsOnBoard(preview, 0, cardColor(card))).toContain(card);
+    expect(preview.toMove).toBe(0);
+    expect(preview.drawPtr).toBe(state.drawPtr);
+    expect(preview.stepCount).toBe(state.stepCount);
+    expect(currentHandSorted(state, 0)).toContain(card);
+  });
+
   test("deck-only games terminate after exactly 44 plies", () => {
     let state = resetFromOrder(orderedDeck);
     let plies = 0;
diff --git a/web/src/game/engine.ts b/web/src/game/engine.ts
index 35de35e..d58713d 100644
--- a/web/src/game/engine.ts
+++ b/web/src/game/engine.ts
@@ -114,18 +114,8 @@ export function legalActionMask(state: GameState): boolean[] {
   return mask;
 }
 
-export function step(state: GameState, action: number): GameState {
-  const mask = legalActionMask(state);
-  if (!Number.isInteger(action) || action < 0 || action >= N_ACTIONS || !mask[action]) {
-    return state;
-  }
-  const next = cloneState(state);
-  const { handSlot, placeType, drawSource } = decodeAction(action);
-  const player = state.toMove;
-  const hand = currentHandSorted(state, player);
-  const card = hand[handSlot];
+function placeCard(next: GameState, player: number, card: number, placeType: PlaceType): void {
   const color = cardColor(card);
-
   next.handPublic[card] = false;
   if (placeType === PLAY) {
     next.cardLoc[card] = LOC_P0_BOARD + player;
@@ -136,6 +126,33 @@ export function step(state: GameState, action: number): GameState {
     next.cardLoc[card] = LOC_DISCARD;
     next.piles[color].push(card);
   }
+}
+
+export function previewPlacement(state: GameState, handSlot: number, placeType: PlaceType): GameState {
+  const mask = legalActionMask(state);
+  const hasLegalDraw = Array.from(
+    { length: N_COLORS + 1 },
+    (_, drawSource) => mask[encodeAction(handSlot, placeType, drawSource)],
+  ).some(Boolean);
+  if (!hasLegalDraw) return state;
+
+  const next = cloneState(state);
+  const card = currentHandSorted(state)[handSlot];
+  placeCard(next, state.toMove, card, placeType);
+  return next;
+}
+
+export function step(state: GameState, action: number): GameState {
+  const mask = legalActionMask(state);
+  if (!Number.isInteger(action) || action < 0 || action >= N_ACTIONS || !mask[action]) {
+    return state;
+  }
+  const next = cloneState(state);
+  const { handSlot, placeType, drawSource } = decodeAction(action);
+  const player = state.toMove;
+  const hand = currentHandSorted(state, player);
+  const card = hand[handSlot];
+  placeCard(next, player, card, placeType);
 
   let drawnCard: number;
   if (drawSource === DRAW_DECK) {