diff --git a/assets/css/custom.scss b/assets/css/custom.scss
index d28f033b..f3a45086 100644
--- a/assets/css/custom.scss
+++ b/assets/css/custom.scss
@@ -3450,29 +3450,16 @@ footer {
       box-shadow: 0 14px 32px -22px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
       transition: transform 0.24s ease, box-shadow 0.24s ease, border-color 0.24s ease;
 
-      // brand accent bar down the left edge, revealed on hover
-      &::before {
-        content: "";
-        position: absolute;
-        left: 0;
-        top: 0;
-        bottom: 0;
-        width: 4px;
-        z-index: 2;
-        background: linear-gradient(180deg, #2ad9c2, #55c1b4 45%, #d191bf);
-        opacity: 0;
-        transition: opacity 0.24s ease;
-      }
-
+      // No left-edge accent bar: the preview image is flush to the left edge, so
+      // any bar would paint over ("spill" onto) the preview on hover. Hover
+      // feedback comes from the lift + brighter border + deeper shadow + image
+      // zoom + arrow slide instead — nothing overlaps the card content.
       &:hover,
       &:focus-visible {
         transform: translateY(-3px);
         border-color: rgba(42, 217, 194, 0.45);
         box-shadow: 0 22px 44px -26px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
 
-        &::before {
-          opacity: 1;
-        }
         .cs-card__media img {
           transform: scale(1.05);
         }
@@ -3554,15 +3541,6 @@ footer {
       .cs-card {
         flex-direction: column;
         min-height: 0;
-
-        &::before {
-          left: 0;
-          right: 0;
-          top: 0;
-          bottom: auto;
-          width: auto;
-          height: 4px;
-        }
       }
       .cs-card__media {
         flex: none;
diff --git a/static/img/case-studies/power-digital/power-digital-case-study-preview.jpg b/static/img/case-studies/power-digital/power-digital-case-study-preview.jpg
index 7a5cc3ae..82685798 100644
Binary files a/static/img/case-studies/power-digital/power-digital-case-study-preview.jpg and b/static/img/case-studies/power-digital/power-digital-case-study-preview.jpg differ