diff --git a/components/motion/card-dealer.tsx b/components/motion/card-dealer.tsx
index dd9e2f1..ade0665 100644
--- a/components/motion/card-dealer.tsx
+++ b/components/motion/card-dealer.tsx
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ export function CardDealer<T extends CardDealerCard>({
     <section
       ref={stageRef}
       aria-label={ariaLabel}
-      className={cn("relative h-80 w-full touch-manipulation select-none", className)}
+      // isolate: card z-indices only order cards against each other, so the
+      // table never draws over sticky page chrome such as a header.
+      className={cn("relative isolate h-80 w-full touch-manipulation select-none", className)}
     >
       {/* One flat list, so a card changing zones keeps its element and flies
           instead of remounting; zone by zone with the hand in fan order, so
diff --git a/lib/changelog/entries.ts b/lib/changelog/entries.ts
index 7d65131..8219f8f 100644
--- a/lib/changelog/entries.ts
+++ b/lib/changelog/entries.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ import type { ChangelogEntry } from "@/lib/changelog/types";
  * accessibility and reduced-motion fixes. Leave out internal work.
  */
 export const changelogEntries: ChangelogEntry[] = [
+  {
+    "date": "2026-10-26",
+    "title": "Card Dealer fixes",
+    "items": [
+      {
+        "type": "fixed",
+        "text": "Card Dealer cards stay inside their table and no longer draw over a sticky page header when you scroll.",
+        "component": "card-dealer"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "date": "2026-10-19",
     "title": "A public changelog",
diff --git a/lib/component-dates.ts b/lib/component-dates.ts
index d360d3a..72672b6 100644
--- a/lib/component-dates.ts
+++ b/lib/component-dates.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * maintenance should not refresh every component's public update date.
  */
 const COMPONENT_DATES = {
-  "blocks/card-dealer": { publishedAt: "2026-10-24", updatedAt: "2026-10-24" },
+  "blocks/card-dealer": { publishedAt: "2026-10-24", updatedAt: "2026-10-26" },
   "charts/sankey-chart": { publishedAt: "2026-10-22", updatedAt: "2026-10-22" },
   "motion/timeline": { publishedAt: "2026-10-20", updatedAt: "2026-10-20" },
   "charts/donut-chart": { publishedAt: "2026-10-12", updatedAt: "2026-10-18" },