diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/GameSnapshot.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/GameSnapshot.java
index 467a44f8f8f5..c19a95beee84 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/GameSnapshot.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/GameSnapshot.java
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ public void copyGameState(Game fromGame, Game toGame) {
                     newAttachedTo.addAttachedCard(newCard);
                 }
             }
+            // Melded or not, the front half has to point at what the snapshot had — the two
+            // halves are one permanent, and a stale link outlives the meld otherwise.
+            newCard.setMeldedWith(fromCard.getMeldedWith() == null ? null
+                    : toGame.findById(fromCard.getMeldedWith().getId()));
             if (fromCard.getCloneOrigin() != null) {
                 newCard.setCloneOrigin(toGame.findById(fromCard.getCloneOrigin().getId()));
             }
@@ -377,7 +381,20 @@ private void setCardInCopiedGame(Game toGame, Player toPlayer, Card fromCard, Ca
         if (fromType.equals(ZoneType.Stack)) {
             toGame.getStackZone().add(newCard);
             newCard.setZone(toGame.getStackZone());
+        } else if (isMelded(fromCard)) {
+            // The back half of a meld lives in the battlefield zone but in its own
+            // collection rather than the card list. Putting it in the list instead would
+            // leave it on the battlefield as a permanent of its own.
+            PlayerZoneBattlefield battlefield = (PlayerZoneBattlefield) toPlayer.getZone(ZoneType.Battlefield);
+            if (newCard.getZone() == null) {
+                newCard.setZone(battlefield);
+            }
+            battlefield.addToMelded(newCard);
         } else {
+            // It may have been melded in the state we are leaving behind.
+            if (toPlayer.getZone(ZoneType.Battlefield) instanceof PlayerZoneBattlefield battlefield) {
+                battlefield.removeFromMelded(newCard);
+            }
             toPlayer.getZone(fromType).add(newCard);
             newCard.setZone(toPlayer.getZone(fromType));
         }
@@ -391,9 +408,16 @@ private void setCardInCopiedGame(Game toGame, Player toPlayer, Card fromCard, Ca
         newCard.setSickness(fromCard.hasSickness());
         //newCard.setForetold(fromCard.isForetold());
         //newCard.setForetoldCostByEffect(fromCard.isForetoldCostByEffect());
+        newCard.setBackSide(fromCard.isBackSide());
         newCard.setState(fromCard.getCurrentStateName(), false);
     }
 
+    /** The back half of a meld: on the battlefield, but held apart from its card list. */
+    private static boolean isMelded(Card c) {
+        return c.getZone() instanceof PlayerZoneBattlefield battlefield
+                && battlefield.getMeldedCards().contains(c);
+    }
+
     private static SpellAbility findSAInCard(SpellAbility sa, Card c) {
         String saDesc = sa.getDescription();
         for (SpellAbility cardSa : c.getAllSpellAbilities()) {