solitaire_engine/src/card_plugin/mod.rs

@@ -533,6 +533,17 @@ fn should_apply_resize(now_secs: f32, last_applied_secs: f32) -> bool {
 /// Renders cards by reading `GameStateResource` on `StateChangedEvent`.
 pub struct CardPlugin;
 
+/// System set for everything that paints the board: card sprites, pile
+/// markers, shadows, highlights, badges. Members mutate `Sprite` /
+/// `Transform` on board entities and run as a deterministic chain (see the
+/// registration in [`CardPlugin`]'s `build`); table-plugin marker painters
+/// order themselves after this set. UI-domain systems that touch `Sprite`/
+/// `Transform` on non-board entities (HUD text pulses, modal cards) declare
+/// `.ambiguous_with(BoardVisuals)` instead — the entity domains are
+/// disjoint by design (#143).
+#[derive(SystemSet, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct BoardVisuals;
+
 impl Plugin for CardPlugin {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
         // PostStartup ensures TablePlugin's Startup system has inserted
@@ -558,35 +569,45 @@ impl Plugin for CardPlugin {
                     update_stock_empty_indicator_startup,
                 ),
             )
+            // Layout recompute (UpdateOnResize) always precedes board
+            // painting, and the painters run as ONE deterministic chain in
+            // data-flow order: layout refinement → card authority → anims →
+            // shadows → highlights → indicators → resize snapping → labels.
+            // Every painter mutates card/marker Sprite+Transform, so without
+            // the chain each pair is a scheduler ambiguity (#143). All
+            // members are cheap and mostly change-gated; sequential
+            // execution is not a cost that matters here.
+            .configure_sets(
+                Update,
+                LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize.before(BoardVisuals),
+            )
             .add_systems(
                 Update,
                 (
-                    update_tableau_fan_frac
-                        .after(GameMutation)
-                        .before(sync_cards_on_change),
-                    sync_cards_on_change.after(GameMutation),
-                    resync_cards_on_settings_change.before(sync_cards_on_change),
-                    start_flip_anim.after(GameMutation),
+                    update_tableau_fan_frac,
+                    resync_cards_on_settings_change,
+                    sync_cards_on_change,
+                    start_flip_anim,
                     tick_flip_anim,
                     update_drag_shadow,
-                    update_card_shadows_on_drag.after(sync_cards_on_change),
-                    tick_hint_highlight.after(GameMutation),
-                    handle_right_click.after(GameMutation),
+                    update_card_shadows_on_drag,
+                    handle_right_click,
                     tick_right_click_highlights,
-                    clear_right_click_highlights_on_state_change.after(GameMutation),
+                    clear_right_click_highlights_on_state_change,
                     clear_right_click_highlights_on_pause,
-                    update_stock_empty_indicator.after(GameMutation),
+                    tick_hint_highlight,
+                    update_stock_empty_indicator,
                     update_stock_count_badge
-                        .after(GameMutation)
                         .run_if(resource_changed::<GameStateResource>),
-                    collect_resize_events.after(LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize),
-                    snap_cards_on_window_resize
-                        .after(collect_resize_events)
-                        .after(GameMutation),
-                ),
+                    collect_resize_events,
+                    snap_cards_on_window_resize,
+                    resize_android_corner_labels,
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .in_set(BoardVisuals)
+                    .after(GameMutation),
             );
 
-        app.add_systems(Update, resize_android_corner_labels);
         app.add_systems(PostUpdate, rebuild_card_entity_index);
     }
 }

solitaire_engine/src/hud_plugin/mod.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use crate::time_attack_plugin::TimeAttackResource;
 use crate::ui_focus::{FocusGroup, Focusable};
 use crate::ui_modal::ModalScrim;
 use crate::ui_theme::SPACE_2;
+use crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx;
 use crate::ui_theme::{
     ACCENT_PRIMARY, ACCENT_SECONDARY, BG_ELEVATED, BG_ELEVATED_HI, BG_ELEVATED_PRESSED,
     BG_HUD_BAND, BORDER_SUBTLE, HighContrastBorder, MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS,
@@ -500,13 +501,19 @@ impl Plugin for HudPlugin {
                     advance_score_floater,
                 )
                     .chain()
-                    .after(GameMutation),
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .in_set(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
             )
             .add_systems(
                 Update,
                 (start_streak_flourish, advance_streak_flourish)
                     .chain()
-                    .after(GameMutation),
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .in_set(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
             )
             .add_systems(
                 Update,

solitaire_engine/src/schedule_checks.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// ordering edge — add `.before`/`.after` (order matters) or
     /// `.ambiguous_with` (provably order-independent) at the registration
     /// site. When triage lowers the real count, lower this constant too.
-    const AMBIGUITY_BASELINE: usize = 171;
+    const AMBIGUITY_BASELINE: usize = 47;
 
     fn cluster_app() -> App {
         let mut app = App::new();

solitaire_engine/src/table_plugin.rs

@@ -101,10 +101,17 @@ impl Plugin for TablePlugin {
                 (
                     on_safe_area_changed.before(LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize),
                     on_window_resized.in_set(LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize),
-                    apply_theme_on_settings_change,
-                    apply_hint_pile_highlight,
-                    tick_hint_pile_highlights,
-                    sync_pile_marker_visibility.after(GameMutation),
+                    // Marker painters: deterministic chain after the card
+                    // paint pipeline — markers and cards share Sprite/
+                    // Transform access (#143).
+                    (
+                        apply_theme_on_settings_change,
+                        apply_hint_pile_highlight,
+                        tick_hint_pile_highlights,
+                        sync_pile_marker_visibility.after(GameMutation),
+                    )
+                        .chain()
+                        .after(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
                 ),
             );
     }

solitaire_engine/src/ui_focus.rs

@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ impl Plugin for UiFocusPlugin {
                     clear_hud_focus_on_unhover,
                     handle_focus_keys,
                     update_focus_overlay,
-                    pulse_focus_overlay.after(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsMutation),
+                    pulse_focus_overlay
+                        .after(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsMutation)
+                        .in_set(crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
                 )
                     .chain(),
             );

solitaire_engine/src/ui_modal.rs

@@ -696,7 +696,10 @@ impl Plugin for UiModalPlugin {
                 paint_modal_buttons,
             )
                 .chain()
-                .after(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsMutation),
+                .after(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsMutation)
+                .in_set(crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx)
+                .ambiguous_with(crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx)
+                .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
         );
         // Click-outside-to-dismiss is independent of the open
         // animation chain — it reads `just_pressed(Left)` and runs

solitaire_engine/src/ui_theme.rs

@@ -698,3 +698,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(scaled_duration(0.18, AnimSpeed::Instant), 0.0);
     }
 }
+
+/// System set for text/UI visual effects that animate `Transform`/`Sprite`
+/// on chrome entities (HUD score pulse, streak flourish, modal enter, focus
+/// ring). These never touch board entities, so members are declared
+/// `.ambiguous_with(BoardVisuals)` and `.ambiguous_with(UiTextFx)` — the
+/// entity domains are disjoint by construction and relative order within a
+/// frame is invisible (#143).
+#[derive(bevy::ecs::schedule::SystemSet, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct UiTextFx;