diff --git a/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss b/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
index 4e94991..160ac6b 100644
--- a/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
+++ b/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
@@ -1676,9 +1676,15 @@ $sea-card-h: 6.5rem;
 // not just each character upside-down in place.
 .sea-card-slot--reversed { transform: rotate(180deg); }
 
-// Cross-position adds 90° already; reversed cross combines to 270°. Higher
-// specificity than the .sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot rule so it wins.
-.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot--reversed { transform: rotate(270deg); }
+// Reversed crossing card: top toward the RIGHT (90° CW) — 180° from the
+// upright cross (270°, top-left) so the reversal is visually unmistakable in
+// the spread (the modal indicates it separately). MUST out-specify the
+// `.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot` rule above — chaining `.sea-card-slot
+// .sea-card-slot--reversed` makes this (0,3,0) vs that (0,2,0); the prior
+// `.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot--reversed` was only (0,2,0) — EQUAL — so the
+// later upright rule won the cascade and reversed cross never read as reversed.
+// [[feedback-scss-import-order-specificity]]
+.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot.sea-card-slot--reversed { transform: rotate(90deg); }
 
 // Long Roman numerals (≥ 5 chars: XVIII, XXIII, XXVIII, XXXIII, XXXVIII,
 // XLIII, XLVIII) — squeeze horizontally via scaleX so they fit the slot
@@ -1783,7 +1789,12 @@ $_sea-card-glow: 0 0 0.5rem 0.5rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.3), 0 0 0.4rem rgba(0,
     .sea-pos-label { opacity: 0.6; }
 }
 
-.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot { transform: rotate(90deg); }
+// Upright crossing card lies across with its top toward the LEFT (270° CW),
+// so a reversed crossing card (below) reads 180° opposite — top toward the
+// RIGHT — instead of looking identical. (Bug pre-2026-06-01: the reversed
+// rule lost the cascade and every cross card pointed right, so reversal was
+// never indicated. user-spec: reversed cross top points rightward.)
+.sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot { transform: rotate(270deg); }
 
 // Sig card in center slot — compact rank + icon display; tilted CCW so Cover slot peeks through
 .sea-sig-card {