diff --git a/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/Components/CardGrid.tsx b/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/Components/CardGrid.tsx
index 000b94a80..a2be301d1 100644
--- a/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/Components/CardGrid.tsx
+++ b/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/Components/CardGrid.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { LAYOUT } from "@/Utils/Theme/constants";
 import { GRID_COLUMNS, type CardDefinition, type CardId } from "../cards";
 import { layoutCards } from "../layout";
+import { useCardTransitions } from "../useCardTransitions";
 import { CardReorderControls } from "./CardReorderControls";
 import { CardSlotContext } from "./CardSlotContext";
 
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ export const CardGrid = ({
 }) => {
 	const theme = useTheme();
 	const placed = useMemo(() => layoutCards(cards), [cards]);
+	const { registerCard, capturePositions } = useCardTransitions();
+
+	// Positions are measured before the state change so the cards can be
+	// animated from where they were to where they land.
+	const handleMove = (id: CardId, delta: -1 | 1) => {
+		capturePositions(id);
+		onMove(id, delta);
+	};
 
 	return (
 		<Box
@@ -35,8 +44,15 @@ export const CardGrid = ({
 				return (
 					<Box
 						key={card.id}
+						ref={(node: HTMLElement | null) => registerCard(card.id, node)}
 						minWidth={0}
+						// Positioned so the moving card can be lifted above its
+						// neighbours with a z-index while it travels.
+						position="relative"
 						gridColumn={{ xs: "auto", md: `span ${renderedWidth}` }}
+						// Hints the compositor before a transform is applied, so the
+						// first frame of a move does not stutter.
+						sx={{ willChange: "transform" }}
 					>
 						{/*
 						 * The controls go through context rather than a prop so the 17
@@ -47,8 +63,8 @@ export const CardGrid = ({
 								<CardReorderControls
 									canMoveUp={index > 0}
 									canMoveDown={index < placed.length - 1}
-									onMoveUp={() => onMove(card.id, -1)}
-									onMoveDown={() => onMove(card.id, 1)}
+									onMoveUp={() => handleMove(card.id, -1)}
+									onMoveDown={() => handleMove(card.id, 1)}
 								/>
 							}
 						>
diff --git a/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/useCardTransitions.ts b/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/useCardTransitions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4003ef92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/Pages/Dashboard/useCardTransitions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { useCallback, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+import type { CardId } from "./cards";
+
+/** Long enough to follow a card across a row, short enough not to feel slow. */
+const DURATION_MS = 260;
+/** Decelerating: quick to leave, gentle to settle. */
+const EASING = "cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1)";
+
+/**
+ * Animates cards between layout positions using FLIP — First, Last, Invert,
+ * Play. The grid re-renders in its new order immediately; each card is then
+ * offset back to where it used to be and released, so it appears to travel
+ * from the old position to the new one.
+ *
+ * This animates the real layout rather than faking movement, so cards that
+ * shift because *another* card moved animate too, and the effect stays correct
+ * however the grid reflows.
+ *
+ * Honours prefers-reduced-motion by skipping the animation entirely.
+ */
+export const useCardTransitions = () => {
+	const nodes = useRef(new Map<CardId, HTMLElement>());
+	const positions = useRef(new Map<CardId, DOMRect>());
+	/** Set only for the render that follows a reorder, so nothing animates on data refresh. */
+	const isAnimating = useRef(false);
+	/** The card the user moved, lifted above the rest while it travels. */
+	const movedCard = useRef<CardId | null>(null);
+
+	const registerCard = useCallback((id: CardId, node: HTMLElement | null) => {
+		if (node) {
+			nodes.current.set(id, node);
+		} else {
+			nodes.current.delete(id);
+		}
+	}, []);
+
+	/**
+	 * Call immediately before the state change that reorders the cards.
+	 * `movedId` is the card the user acted on; it rides above the others so the
+	 * swap reads as one card moving rather than two sliding through each other.
+	 */
+	const capturePositions = useCallback((movedId: CardId) => {
+		positions.current.clear();
+		for (const [id, node] of nodes.current) {
+			positions.current.set(id, node.getBoundingClientRect());
+		}
+		movedCard.current = movedId;
+		isAnimating.current = true;
+	}, []);
+
+	useLayoutEffect(() => {
+		if (!isAnimating.current) {
+			return;
+		}
+		isAnimating.current = false;
+
+		const reducedMotion = window.matchMedia?.(
+			"(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"
+		)?.matches;
+		if (reducedMotion) {
+			positions.current.clear();
+			movedCard.current = null;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		for (const [id, node] of nodes.current) {
+			const previous = positions.current.get(id);
+			if (!previous) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			const current = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+			const deltaX = previous.left - current.left;
+			const deltaY = previous.top - current.top;
+			if (deltaX === 0 && deltaY === 0) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			// Invert: jump back to the old position with no transition...
+			node.style.transition = "none";
+			node.style.transform = `translate(${deltaX}px, ${deltaY}px)`;
+			if (id === movedCard.current) {
+				node.style.zIndex = "1";
+			}
+
+			// ...then play: on the next frame, release to the new one.
+			requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+				node.style.transition = `transform ${DURATION_MS}ms ${EASING}`;
+				node.style.transform = "";
+				// Clear the inline styles once settled. Left in place they would
+				// animate the card again on any later reflow it did not ask for.
+				window.setTimeout(() => {
+					node.style.transition = "";
+					node.style.zIndex = "";
+				}, DURATION_MS);
+			});
+		}
+		positions.current.clear();
+		movedCard.current = null;
+	});
+
+	return { registerCard, capturePositions };
+};