diff --git a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
index ce7ad5712..a272b1644 100644
--- a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ set(cockatrice_SOURCES
     src/game_graphics/deckview/tabbed_deck_view_container.cpp
     src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_annotation.cpp
     src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.cpp
+    src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.cpp
     src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_move_top_cards_until.cpp
     src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_roll_dice.cpp
     src/game_graphics/game_scene.cpp
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.cpp b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.cpp
index 5ce050380..bf55584f3 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include "dlg_create_token.h"
 
 #include "../../client/settings/cache_settings.h"
-#include "../../interface/widgets/cards/card_info_picture_widget.h"
 #include "libcockatrice/card/card_info.h"
 #include "libcockatrice/card/database/card_database_querier.h"
+#include "token_preview_widget.h"
 
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QChar>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <QModelIndex>
 #include <QRadioButton>
 #include <QSet>
+#include <QSignalBlocker>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QTreeView>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -41,11 +42,12 @@ class QWidget;
 DlgCreateToken::DlgCreateToken(const QStringList &_predefinedTokens, QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent), predefinedTokens(_predefinedTokens)
 {
-    pic = new CardInfoPictureWidget();
+    pic = new TokenPreviewWidget();
     pic->setObjectName("pic");
 
     nameLabel = new QLabel(tr("&Name:"));
     nameEdit = new QLineEdit(tr("Token"));
+    nameEdit->setObjectName("tokenName");
     nameEdit->setMaxLength(MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
     QTimer::singleShot(100, this, [=, this]() {
         nameEdit->selectAll();
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ DlgCreateToken::DlgCreateToken(const QStringList &_predefinedTokens, QWidget *pa
 
     colorLabel = new QLabel(tr("C&olor:"));
     colorEdit = new QComboBox;
+    colorEdit->setObjectName("tokenColor");
     colorEdit->addItem(tr("white"), QChar('w'));
     colorEdit->addItem(tr("blue"), QChar('u'));
     colorEdit->addItem(tr("black"), QChar('b'));
@@ -68,11 +71,13 @@ DlgCreateToken::DlgCreateToken(const QStringList &_predefinedTokens, QWidget *pa
 
     ptLabel = new QLabel(tr("&P/T:"));
     ptEdit = new QLineEdit;
+    ptEdit->setObjectName("tokenPT");
     ptEdit->setMaxLength(MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
     ptLabel->setBuddy(ptEdit);
 
     annotationLabel = new QLabel(tr("&Annotation:"));
     annotationEdit = new QLineEdit;
+    annotationEdit->setObjectName("tokenAnnotation");
     annotationEdit->setMaxLength(MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
     annotationLabel->setBuddy(annotationEdit);
 
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ DlgCreateToken::DlgCreateToken(const QStringList &_predefinedTokens, QWidget *pa
     destroyCheckBox->setChecked(true);
 
     faceDownCheckBox = new QCheckBox(tr("Create face-down (Only hides name)"));
+    faceDownCheckBox->setObjectName("tokenFaceDown");
     connect(faceDownCheckBox, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &DlgCreateToken::faceDownCheckBoxToggled);
 
     auto *grid = new QGridLayout;
@@ -173,6 +179,12 @@ DlgCreateToken::DlgCreateToken(const QStringList &_predefinedTokens, QWidget *pa
 
     setWindowTitle(tr("Create token"));
 
+    connect(nameEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &DlgCreateToken::updatePreview);
+    connect(colorEdit, qOverload<int>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this, &DlgCreateToken::updatePreview);
+    connect(ptEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &DlgCreateToken::updatePreview);
+    connect(annotationEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &DlgCreateToken::updatePreview);
+    updatePreview();
+
     resize(600, 500);
     restoreGeometry(SettingsCache::instance().layouts().getTokenDialogGeometry());
 }
@@ -185,17 +197,14 @@ void DlgCreateToken::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
 
 void DlgCreateToken::faceDownCheckBoxToggled(bool checked)
 {
+    // Keep the face-up draft so toggling this option is reversible. The outgoing
+    // TokenInfo and preview apply the same face-down color/P/T restrictions.
+    colorEdit->setEnabled(!checked);
+    ptEdit->setEnabled(!checked);
     if (checked) {
-        colorEdit->setCurrentIndex(6);
-        colorEdit->setEnabled(false);
-        ptEdit->clear();
         ptEdit->clearFocus();
-        ptEdit->setEnabled(false);
-    } else {
-        colorEdit->setEnabled(true);
-        ptEdit->setEnabled(true);
-        annotationEdit->setEnabled(true);
     }
+    updatePreview();
 }
 
 void DlgCreateToken::tokenSelectionChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex & /*previous*/)
@@ -204,11 +213,14 @@ void DlgCreateToken::tokenSelectionChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QMo
 
     CardInfoPtr cardInfo;
 
-    if (current.row() >= 0) {
+    if (realIndex.isValid()) {
         cardInfo = cardDatabaseModel->getCard(realIndex.row());
     }
 
     if (cardInfo) {
+        const QSignalBlocker colorBlocker(colorEdit);
+        const QSignalBlocker ptBlocker(ptEdit);
+        const QSignalBlocker annotationBlocker(annotationEdit);
         updateSearchFieldWithoutUpdatingFilter(cardInfo->getName());
         const QChar cardColor = cardInfo->getColorChar();
         colorEdit->setCurrentIndex(colorEdit->findData(cardColor, Qt::UserRole, Qt::MatchFixedString));
@@ -216,21 +228,22 @@ void DlgCreateToken::tokenSelectionChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QMo
         if (SettingsCache::instance().userInterface().getAnnotateTokens()) {
             annotationEdit->setText(cardInfo->getText());
         }
-    } else {
-        nameEdit->setText("");
-        colorEdit->setCurrentIndex(colorEdit->findData(QString(), Qt::UserRole, Qt::MatchFixedString));
-        ptEdit->setText("");
-        annotationEdit->setText("");
     }
 
-    pic->setCard(CardDatabaseManager::query()->getPreferredCard(cardInfo));
+    // Filtering, changing the deck/all scope, or reloading the database can
+    // invalidate the current row. None of these actions discard the token draft.
+    updatePreview();
 }
 
 void DlgCreateToken::updateSearchFieldWithoutUpdatingFilter(const QString &newValue) const
 {
-    nameEdit->blockSignals(true);
+    const QSignalBlocker blocker(nameEdit);
     nameEdit->setText(newValue);
-    nameEdit->blockSignals(false);
+}
+
+void DlgCreateToken::updatePreview()
+{
+    pic->setToken(getTokenInfo());
 }
 
 void DlgCreateToken::updateSearch(const QString &search)
@@ -266,11 +279,24 @@ void DlgCreateToken::actReject()
 
 TokenInfo DlgCreateToken::getTokenInfo() const
 {
-    return {.name = nameEdit->text(),
-            .color = colorEdit->itemData(colorEdit->currentIndex()).toString(),
-            .pt = ptEdit->text(),
-            .annotation = annotationEdit->text(),
-            .destroy = destroyCheckBox->isChecked(),
-            .faceDown = faceDownCheckBox->isChecked(),
-            .providerId = SettingsCache::instance().cardOverrides().getCardPreferenceOverride(nameEdit->text())};
+    TokenInfo token = {
+        .name = nameEdit->text(),
+        .color = faceDownCheckBox->isChecked() ? QString(QChar())
+                                               : colorEdit->itemData(colorEdit->currentIndex()).toString(),
+        .pt = faceDownCheckBox->isChecked() ? QString() : ptEdit->text(),
+        .annotation = annotationEdit->text(),
+        .destroy = destroyCheckBox->isChecked(),
+        .faceDown = faceDownCheckBox->isChecked(),
+        .providerId = SettingsCache::instance().cardOverrides().getCardPreferenceOverride(nameEdit->text())};
+
+    // Match the normalization applied when the player creates the token, so
+    // manually typed aliases and the default P/T preview the actual result.
+    const ExactCard correctedCard = CardDatabaseManager::query()->guessCard({token.name, token.providerId});
+    if (correctedCard) {
+        token.name = correctedCard.getName();
+        if (!token.faceDown && token.pt.isEmpty()) {
+            token.pt = correctedCard.getInfo().getPowTough();
+        }
+    }
+    return token;
 }
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.h b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.h
index 323e61829..22905b13c 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/dlg_create_token.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class QRadioButton;
 class QTreeView;
 class CardDatabaseModel;
 class TokenDisplayModel;
-class CardInfoPictureWidget;
+class TokenPreviewWidget;
 class QModelIndex;
 class QWidget;
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ private slots:
     void faceDownCheckBoxToggled(bool checked);
     void tokenSelectionChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous);
     void updateSearch(const QString &search);
+    void updatePreview();
     void actChooseTokenFromAll(bool checked);
     void actChooseTokenFromDeck(bool checked);
     void actOk();
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ private:
     QCheckBox *destroyCheckBox;
     QCheckBox *faceDownCheckBox;
     QRadioButton *chooseTokenFromAllRadioButton, *chooseTokenFromDeckRadioButton;
-    CardInfoPictureWidget *pic;
+    TokenPreviewWidget *pic;
     QTreeView *chooseTokenView;
 
     void updateSearchFieldWithoutUpdatingFilter(const QString &newValue) const;
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69d29397a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include "token_preview_widget.h"
+
+#include "../../interface/card_picture_loader/card_picture_loader.h"
+#include "../board/abstract_card_item.h"
+
+#include <QGraphicsScene>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QResizeEvent>
+#include <libcockatrice/card/card_info.h>
+
+class TokenPreviewCardItem : public AbstractCardItem
+{
+public:
+    TokenPreviewCardItem()
+    {
+        setFlag(ItemIsSelectable, false);
+        setAcceptedMouseButtons(Qt::NoButton);
+        setAcceptHoverEvents(false);
+        setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
+        connect(state, &CardState::stateChanged, this, [this] { update(); });
+    }
+
+    void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget) override
+    {
+        // Use the board's artwork, custom-token background and name rendering. A
+        // face-down preview has no server-assigned card ID to draw on its back.
+        if (getFaceDown()) {
+            QPixmap back;
+            CardPictureLoader::getCardBackPixmap(back, getTranslatedSize(painter).toSize());
+            painter->save();
+            painter->setClipPath(shape());
+            painter->drawPixmap(boundingRect(), back, back.rect());
+            painter->restore();
+        } else {
+            AbstractCardItem::paint(painter, option, widget);
+        }
+
+        const QSizeF translatedSize = getTranslatedSize(painter);
+        const qreal scale = translatedSize.width() / boundingRect().width();
+        painter->save();
+        transformPainter(painter, translatedSize, 0);
+        painter->setPen(Qt::white);
+        painter->setBackground(Qt::black);
+        painter->setBackgroundMode(Qt::OpaqueMode);
+        const QRectF textRect(4 * scale, 4 * scale, translatedSize.width() - 8 * scale,
+                              translatedSize.height() - 8 * scale);
+        painter->drawText(textRect, Qt::AlignCenter | Qt::TextWrapAnywhere, state->getAnnotation());
+        if (state->getPT() != getCardInfo().getPowTough()) {
+            painter->setPen(QColor(255, 150, 0));
+        }
+        painter->drawText(textRect, Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom, state->getPT());
+        painter->restore();
+    }
+};
+
+TokenPreviewWidget::TokenPreviewWidget(QWidget *parent) : QGraphicsView(parent), card(new TokenPreviewCardItem)
+{
+    auto *previewScene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
+    previewScene->addItem(card);
+    previewScene->setSceneRect(card->boundingRect());
+    setScene(previewScene);
+    setInteractive(false);
+    setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
+    setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
+    setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+    setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+    setMinimumSize(150, 200);
+    setAccessibleName(tr("Token preview"));
+}
+
+void TokenPreviewWidget::setToken(const TokenInfo &token)
+{
+    card->setCardRef({token.name, token.providerId});
+    card->setColor(token.color);
+    card->setFaceDown(token.faceDown);
+    card->getState()->setPT(token.pt);
+    card->getState()->setAnnotation(token.annotation);
+    setToolTip(token.annotation);
+    setAccessibleDescription(token.faceDown ? tr("Face-down token")
+                                            : token.name + " " + token.pt + " " + token.annotation);
+}
+
+QSize TokenPreviewWidget::sizeHint() const
+{
+    return {200, 280};
+}
+
+void TokenPreviewWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
+{
+    QGraphicsView::resizeEvent(event);
+    fitInView(sceneRect(), Qt::KeepAspectRatio);
+}
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.h b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3ea94777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cockatrice/src/game_graphics/dialogs/token_preview_widget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef COCKATRICE_TOKEN_PREVIEW_WIDGET_H
+#define COCKATRICE_TOKEN_PREVIEW_WIDGET_H
+
+#include <QGraphicsView>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/player/token_info.h>
+
+class TokenPreviewCardItem;
+
+/** A noninteractive preview of the token that the dialog will create. */
+class TokenPreviewWidget : public QGraphicsView
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit TokenPreviewWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    void setToken(const TokenInfo &token);
+    QSize sizeHint() const override;
+
+protected:
+    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) override;
+
+private:
+    TokenPreviewCardItem *card;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libcockatrice_game/libcockatrice/game/player/player_actions.cpp b/libcockatrice_game/libcockatrice/game/player/player_actions.cpp
index 90823fec6..3c8765323 100644
--- a/libcockatrice_game/libcockatrice/game/player/player_actions.cpp
+++ b/libcockatrice_game/libcockatrice/game/player/player_actions.cpp
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ void PlayerActions::actCreateToken(TokenInfo tokenToCreate)
         lastTokenInfo.name = correctedCard.getName();
         int tableRow = lastTokenInfo.faceDown ? 2 : correctedCard.getInfo().getUiAttributes().tableRow;
         lastTokenTableRow = TableZoneLogic::tableRowToGridY(tableRow);
-        if (lastTokenInfo.pt.isEmpty()) {
+        if (!lastTokenInfo.faceDown && lastTokenInfo.pt.isEmpty()) {
             lastTokenInfo.pt = correctedCard.getInfo().getPowTough();
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/game/game_smoke_test.cpp b/tests/game/game_smoke_test.cpp
index 356d544bf..1bb41e560 100644
--- a/tests/game/game_smoke_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/game/game_smoke_test.cpp
@@ -8,12 +8,25 @@
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QList>
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QSignalSpy>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QTemporaryDir>
+#include <libcockatrice/card/card_info.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/card/database/card_database.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/card/database/card_database_manager.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/abstract_game.h>
 #include <libcockatrice/game/board/card_state.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/game_state.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/player/player_actions.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/player/player_logic.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/game/player/player_manager.h>
 #include <libcockatrice/game/zones/hand_zone_logic.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/network/client/abstract/abstract_client.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/protocol/pb/command_create_token.pb.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/protocol/pb/commands.pb.h>
+#include <libcockatrice/protocol/pending_command.h>
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -25,6 +38,57 @@ CardRef cardRefFor(const QString &name)
     return cardRef;
 }
 
+// Capture the real serialized command at the transport boundary. PlayerActions,
+// GameEventHandler and PendingCommand retain their production behavior.
+class CapturingClient : public AbstractClient
+{
+public:
+    QList<CommandContainer> commands;
+
+    ~CapturingClient() override
+    {
+        for (auto *command : pendingCommands) {
+            delete command;
+        }
+    }
+
+protected:
+    void sendCommandContainer(const CommandContainer &command) override
+    {
+        commands.append(command);
+    }
+};
+
+class TokenCommandTest : public ::testing::Test
+{
+protected:
+    // The client outlives the game and its pending-command signal receivers.
+    CapturingClient client;
+    AbstractGame game{nullptr};
+    PlayerLogic *player = nullptr;
+    CardInfoPtr knownToken;
+
+    void SetUp() override
+    {
+        knownToken = CardInfo::newInstance(QStringLiteral("Token Command Test Goblin"), "", true, {}, {}, {}, {},
+                                           {.tableRow = 2});
+        knownToken->setColors(QStringLiteral("R"));
+        knownToken->setPowTough(QStringLiteral("2/2"));
+        CardDatabaseManager::getInstance()->addCard(knownToken);
+
+        game.gameState = new GameState(&game, 0, 0, false, {&client}, true, false, 0, false);
+        game.playerManager = new PlayerManager(&game, 0, false, false);
+        ServerInfo_User user;
+        user.set_name("Token command test player");
+        player = game.playerManager->addPlayer(0, user);
+    }
+
+    void TearDown() override
+    {
+        CardDatabaseManager::getInstance()->removeCard(knownToken);
+    }
+};
+
 } // namespace
 
 TEST(CardStateTest, AttachmentGraphKeepsBothEndsConsistent)
@@ -86,6 +150,64 @@ TEST(CardZoneLogicTest, AsksTheGraphicsSideToCreateCards)
     EXPECT_TRUE(arguments.at(1).toBool());
 }
 
+TEST_F(TokenCommandTest, FaceDownKnownTokenDoesNotRestoreDatabasePowerToughness)
+{
+    TokenInfo token;
+    token.name = knownToken->getName();
+    token.color = QString(QChar());
+    token.faceDown = true;
+    player->getPlayerActions()->actCreateToken(token);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.size(), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.first().game_command_size(), 1);
+    const auto &gameCommand = client.commands.first().game_command(0);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(gameCommand.HasExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext));
+    const auto &command = gameCommand.GetExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext);
+    EXPECT_EQ(command.card_name(), knownToken->getName().toStdString());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(command.face_down());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(command.pt().empty());
+
+    player->getPlayerActions()->actCreateAnotherToken();
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.size(), 2);
+    const auto &repeat = client.commands.last().game_command(0).GetExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(repeat.face_down());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(repeat.pt().empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TokenCommandTest, FaceUpKnownAliasKeepsCanonicalNameAndDefaultPowerToughness)
+{
+    TokenInfo token;
+    token.name = QStringLiteral("token command test goblin");
+    player->getPlayerActions()->actCreateToken(token);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.size(), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.first().game_command_size(), 1);
+    const auto &gameCommand = client.commands.first().game_command(0);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(gameCommand.HasExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext));
+    const auto &command = gameCommand.GetExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext);
+    EXPECT_EQ(command.card_name(), knownToken->getName().toStdString());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(command.face_down());
+    EXPECT_EQ(command.pt(), "2/2");
+}
+
+TEST_F(TokenCommandTest, FaceUpKnownTokenPreservesExplicitPowerToughness)
+{
+    TokenInfo token;
+    token.name = knownToken->getName();
+    token.pt = QStringLiteral("7/9");
+    token.annotation = QStringLiteral("Flying");
+    player->getPlayerActions()->actCreateToken(token);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.size(), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(client.commands.first().game_command_size(), 1);
+    const auto &gameCommand = client.commands.first().game_command(0);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(gameCommand.HasExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext));
+    const auto &command = gameCommand.GetExtension(Command_CreateToken::ext);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(command.face_down());
+    EXPECT_EQ(command.pt(), "7/9");
+    EXPECT_EQ(command.annotation(), "Flying");
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     // Keep SettingsCache reads and writes away from the real user profile: the game logic still