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diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CardSkinToggle.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CardSkinToggle.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b313ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CardSkinToggle.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { useCardSkin } from '../lib/cardSkin';
+
+/** Small header button that flips the deck between the classic vector cards and
+ *  the illustrated "sedmové" art. Persists via the cardSkin store. */
+export default function CardSkinToggle({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) {
+  const skin = useCardSkin((s) => s.skin);
+  const toggle = useCardSkin((s) => s.toggle);
+  const illustrated = skin === 'illustrated';
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      onClick={toggle}
+      title="Prepnúť vzhľad kariet"
+      aria-label="Prepnúť vzhľad kariet"
+      aria-pressed={illustrated}
+      className={`text-[13px] whitespace-nowrap transition-colors ${
+        illustrated ? 'text-gold hover:text-gold-bright' : 'text-[#7a7058] hover:text-gold'
+      } ${className}`}
+    >
+      {illustrated ? '🂠 Sedmové' : '🂠 Klasické'}
+    </button>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CardView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CardView.tsx
index 71fc8c7..08e8329 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CardView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CardView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Card } from '../types';
+import { useCardSkin, suitIcon } from '../lib/cardSkin';
 
 const SUIT_SYMBOL: Record<string, string> = {
   HEARTS: '♥',
@@ -19,6 +20,15 @@ const VALUE_LABEL: Record<string, string> = {
   LOWER: 'J', UPPER: 'Q', KING: 'K', ACE: 'A',
 };
 
+// The bell, leaf and heart icons are a touch taller than the acorn, so in the
+// centre they sometimes bleed into the corner marks — nudge those three down.
+const CENTER_ICON_SCALE: Record<string, number> = {
+  HEARTS: 0.85,
+  LEAVES: 0.85,
+  BELLS: 0.85,
+  ACORNS: 1,
+};
+
 // Per-size geometry. sm/md sit on the table, lg/xl are hand cards.
 const DIMS = {
   sm: { w: 38, h: 54, radius: 4, inset: 3, label: 9,  suitSm: 7,  suitLg: 18 },
@@ -37,26 +47,45 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export default function CardView({ card, onClick, disabled = false, highlight = false, size = 'md' }: Props) {
+  const skin = useCardSkin((s) => s.skin);
   const symbol = SUIT_SYMBOL[card.color];
   const color = SUIT_COLOR[card.color];
   const label = VALUE_LABEL[card.value];
   const d = DIMS[size];
 
   const interactive = !disabled && !!onClick;
+  // 'illustrated' skin keeps the classic card but swaps the ♥♠♣♦ glyphs for the
+  // suit-icon artwork; 'classic' uses the plain text glyphs.
+  const useIcons = skin === 'illustrated';
+  // With the icon artwork the bell suit reads brown, so tint its value label to
+  // match instead of the classic blue.
+  const labelColor = useIcons && card.color === 'BELLS' ? '#8a5a1c' : color;
 
   const corner = (rotated: boolean) => (
     <span
-      className="absolute flex flex-col items-center leading-none"
+      // Icons align to the number's left edge so a wide label (VIII) doesn't shove
+      // the centred icon toward the middle; classic text stays centred as before.
+      className={`absolute flex flex-col leading-none ${useIcons ? 'items-start' : 'items-center'}`}
       style={
         rotated
           ? { bottom: d.inset, right: d.inset, transform: 'rotate(180deg)' }
           : { top: d.inset, left: d.inset }
       }
     >
-      <span style={{ color, fontSize: d.label, fontFamily: 'Georgia,serif', fontWeight: 700, lineHeight: 1 }}>
+      <span style={{ color: labelColor, fontSize: d.label, fontFamily: 'Georgia,serif', fontWeight: 700, lineHeight: 1 }}>
         {label}
       </span>
-      <span style={{ color, fontSize: d.suitSm, lineHeight: 1.2 }}>{symbol}</span>
+      {useIcons ? (
+        <img
+          src={suitIcon(card.color, 'small')}
+          alt={symbol}
+          draggable={false}
+          style={{ height: d.suitSm * 1.25, width: 'auto', marginTop: 1 }}
+          className="select-none"
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <span style={{ color, fontSize: d.suitSm, lineHeight: 1.2 }}>{symbol}</span>
+      )}
     </span>
   );
 
@@ -76,7 +105,17 @@ export default function CardView({ card, onClick, disabled = false, highlight =
     >
       {corner(false)}
       <span className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
-        <span style={{ color, fontSize: d.suitLg, lineHeight: 1 }}>{symbol}</span>
+        {useIcons ? (
+          <img
+            src={suitIcon(card.color, 'large')}
+            alt={symbol}
+            draggable={false}
+            style={{ height: d.suitLg * CENTER_ICON_SCALE[card.color], width: 'auto' }}
+            className="select-none"
+          />
+        ) : (
+          <span style={{ color, fontSize: d.suitLg, lineHeight: 1 }}>{symbol}</span>
+        )}
       </span>
       {corner(true)}
     </button>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/cardSkin.ts b/frontend/src/lib/cardSkin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a2353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/cardSkin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+import type { CardColor } from '../types';
+
+// Two ways to draw the suit marks on the (otherwise identical) cards: plain
+// ♥♠♣♦ text glyphs ('classic') or the "sedmové" suit-icon artwork ('illustrated').
+export type CardSkin = 'classic' | 'illustrated';
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'bridzik.cardSkin';
+
+function loadSkin(): CardSkin {
+  try {
+    return localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) === 'illustrated' ? 'illustrated' : 'classic';
+  } catch {
+    return 'classic';
+  }
+}
+
+interface CardSkinStore {
+  skin: CardSkin;
+  setSkin: (skin: CardSkin) => void;
+  toggle: () => void;
+}
+
+export const useCardSkin = create<CardSkinStore>((set) => ({
+  skin: loadSkin(),
+  setSkin: (skin) => {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, skin);
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore — a private-mode failure just means the choice isn't persisted */
+    }
+    set({ skin });
+  },
+  toggle: () => set((s) => {
+    const skin: CardSkin = s.skin === 'illustrated' ? 'classic' : 'illustrated';
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, skin);
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore */
+    }
+    return { skin };
+  }),
+}));
+
+// Filenames in /public/cards use their own suit/value words, not the engine's
+// enum names — map between the two here.
+const SUIT_FILE: Record<CardColor, string> = {
+  HEARTS: 'heart',
+  LEAVES: 'leaf',
+  ACORNS: 'acorn',
+  BELLS: 'bell',
+};
+
+/** Path to a suit icon at a given resolution, e.g. `/cards/suit-icons/heart-icon@small.png`.
+ *  Used to render the suit marks on the classic vector cards. */
+export function suitIcon(color: CardColor, size: 'small' | 'medium' | 'large'): string {
+  return `/cards/suit-icons/${SUIT_FILE[color]}-icon@${size}.png`;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/GameTable.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/GameTable.tsx
index 7f0df88..b09943f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/GameTable.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/GameTable.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import { computeTotal } from '../lib/standings';
 import { displayName } from '../lib/names';
 import { useIsDesktop } from '../lib/useIsDesktop';
 import { useFitScale } from '../lib/useFitScale';
+import { SEAT_SIZE, TOTALS_FONT } from '../lib/boardTheme';
 import Hand from '../components/Hand';
 import GuessControls from '../components/GuessControls';
 import Trick from '../components/Trick';
 import Standings from '../components/Standings';
 import PlayerCircle from '../components/PlayerCircle';
 import FaceDownCards from '../components/FaceDownCards';
+import CardSkinToggle from '../components/CardSkinToggle';
 import GameOver from './GameOver';
 import type { Hand as HandCards, PlayerInfo, StashData } from '../types';
 
@@ -205,19 +207,19 @@ export default function GameTable() {
     <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
       {opponents.map((p) => (
         <div key={p.order} className="text-center">
-          <div className="uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-green-dim mb-0.5" style={{ fontSize: 11 }}>
+          <div className="uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-green-dim mb-0.5" style={{ fontSize: TOTALS_FONT.label }}>
             {displayName(p.name)}
           </div>
-          <div className="font-serif text-green-score leading-none" style={{ fontSize: compact ? 16 : 20 }}>
+          <div className="font-serif text-green-score leading-none" style={{ fontSize: compact ? TOTALS_FONT.valueDesktop : TOTALS_FONT.valueMobile }}>
             {computeTotal(standings, p.order)}
           </div>
         </div>
       ))}
       <div className="text-center rounded-lg px-3 py-1 bg-gold/[.06] border border-gold/[.15]">
-        <div className="uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-gold mb-0.5" style={{ fontSize: 11 }}>
+        <div className="uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-gold mb-0.5" style={{ fontSize: TOTALS_FONT.label }}>
           {myPlayer.name}
         </div>
-        <div className="font-serif font-semibold text-gold-dim leading-none" style={{ fontSize: compact ? 16 : 20 }}>
+        <div className="font-serif font-semibold text-gold-dim leading-none" style={{ fontSize: compact ? TOTALS_FONT.valueDesktop : TOTALS_FONT.valueMobile }}>
           {computeTotal(standings, myOrder)}
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -241,27 +243,30 @@ export default function GameTable() {
         myOrder={myOrder}
         activePlayer={active_player}
         activePlayerName={activePlayerName}
+        desktop={desktop}
       />
     ) : null
   );
 
+  const seatSize = desktop ? SEAT_SIZE.desktop : SEAT_SIZE.mobile;
+
   const topSeat = (
     <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-1.5">
-      <PlayerCircle name={displayName(topP?.name) || '—'} {...seatProps(topP?.order)} size={desktop ? 64 : 52} />
+      <PlayerCircle name={displayName(topP?.name) || '—'} {...seatProps(topP?.order)} size={seatSize.top} />
       <FaceDownCards count={cardsInHandOf(topP?.order)} direction="row" desktop={desktop} />
     </div>
   );
 
   const sideSeat = (p?: PlayerInfo) => (
     <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-1.5">
-      <PlayerCircle name={displayName(p?.name) || '—'} {...seatProps(p?.order)} size={desktop ? 60 : 48} />
+      <PlayerCircle name={displayName(p?.name) || '—'} {...seatProps(p?.order)} size={seatSize.side} />
       <FaceDownCards count={cardsInHandOf(p?.order)} direction="col" desktop={desktop} />
     </div>
   );
 
   const meSeat = (
     <div className="flex justify-center">
-      <PlayerCircle name={myPlayer.name} {...seatProps(myOrder)} size={desktop ? 70 : 58} />
+      <PlayerCircle name={myPlayer.name} {...seatProps(myOrder)} size={seatSize.me} />
     </div>
   );
 
@@ -283,22 +288,23 @@ export default function GameTable() {
           <div className="flex-1 min-w-0 flex flex-col">
             {/* header */}
             <div className="shrink-0 h-[58px] bg-header flex items-center gap-4 px-6 border-b border-[#14221a]">
-              <span className="font-serif uppercase tracking-[.14em] text-[15px] text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
+              <span className="font-serif uppercase tracking-[.14em] text-[18px] text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
                 Bridžik
               </span>
               <div className="w-px h-[22px] bg-[#1a3a22]" />
-              <span className="font-serif text-[12px] text-green-dim tracking-[.06em] whitespace-nowrap">
+              <span className="font-serif text-[14px] text-green-dim tracking-[.06em] whitespace-nowrap">
                 Séria {series_number + 1} · Kolo {round_number + 1}
               </span>
               <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center">{banner}</div>
               {totalsRow(true)}
               <div className="w-px h-[22px] bg-[#1a3a22]" />
+              <CardSkinToggle />
               {canEnd && (
-                <button onClick={handleEnd} className="text-[11px] text-[#8a8064] hover:text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
+                <button onClick={handleEnd} className="text-[13px] text-[#8a8064] hover:text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
                   Ukončiť
                 </button>
               )}
-              <button onClick={handleLeave} className="text-[11px] text-[#7a7058] hover:text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
+              <button onClick={handleLeave} className="text-[13px] text-[#7a7058] hover:text-gold whitespace-nowrap">
                 Odísť
               </button>
             </div>
@@ -344,16 +350,17 @@ export default function GameTable() {
       {/* header */}
       <div className="bg-header px-[18px] pt-[14px] pb-3 border-b border-[#14221a]">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-2.5">
-          <span className="font-serif uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-[11px] text-gold">
+          <span className="font-serif uppercase tracking-[.1em] text-[12px] text-gold">
             Séria {series_number + 1} · Kolo {round_number + 1}
           </span>
           <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+            <CardSkinToggle />
             {canEnd && (
-              <button onClick={handleEnd} className="text-[11px] text-[#6a3030] hover:text-red-400">
+              <button onClick={handleEnd} className="text-[13px] text-[#6a3030] hover:text-red-400">
                 Ukončiť
               </button>
             )}
-            <button onClick={handleLeave} className="text-[11px] text-[#7a7058] hover:text-gold">
+            <button onClick={handleLeave} className="text-[13px] text-[#7a7058] hover:text-gold">
               Odísť
             </button>
           </div>