diff --git a/includes/Core/Notifications/EmailRenderer.php b/includes/Core/Notifications/EmailRenderer.php
index 06ada0c..18ddd5c 100644
--- a/includes/Core/Notifications/EmailRenderer.php
+++ b/includes/Core/Notifications/EmailRenderer.php
@@ -288,45 +288,37 @@ class EmailRenderer {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	private function parse_cards($content) {
-		$html = '';
-		$has_cards = false;
+		// Use a single unified regex to match BOTH syntaxes in document order
+		// This ensures cards are rendered in the order they appear
+		$combined_pattern = '/\[card(?::(\w+)|([^\]]*)?)\](.*?)\[\/card\]/s';
 		
-		// Match NEW syntax [card:type]...[/card] first
-		preg_match_all('/\[card:(\w+)\](.*?)\[\/card\]/s', $content, $new_matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
+		preg_match_all($combined_pattern, $content, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
 		
-		if (!empty($new_matches)) {
-			$has_cards = true;
-			foreach ($new_matches as $match) {
-				$attributes = ['type' => $match[1]];
-				$card_content = $match[2];
-				
-				$html .= $this->render_card($card_content, $attributes);
-				$html .= $this->render_card_spacing();
-				
-				// Remove matched content to avoid double processing
-				$content = str_replace($match[0], '', $content);
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// Match OLD syntax [card type="..."]...[/card]
-		preg_match_all('/\[card([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/card\]/s', $content, $old_matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
-		
-		if (!empty($old_matches)) {
-			$has_cards = true;
-			foreach ($old_matches as $match) {
-				$attributes = $this->parse_card_attributes($match[1]);
-				$card_content = $match[2];
-				
-				$html .= $this->render_card($card_content, $attributes);
-				$html .= $this->render_card_spacing();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (!$has_cards) {
+		if (empty($matches)) {
 			// No cards found, wrap entire content in a single card
 			return $this->render_card($content, []);
 		}
 		
+		$html = '';
+		foreach ($matches as $match) {
+			// Determine which syntax was matched
+			$full_match = $match[0][0];
+			$new_syntax_type = !empty($match[1][0]) ? $match[1][0] : null;  // [card:type] format
+			$old_syntax_attrs = $match[2][0] ?? '';  // [card type="..."] format
+			$card_content = $match[3][0];
+			
+			if ($new_syntax_type) {
+				// NEW syntax [card:type]
+				$attributes = ['type' => $new_syntax_type];
+			} else {
+				// OLD syntax [card type="..."] or [card]
+				$attributes = $this->parse_card_attributes($old_syntax_attrs);
+			}
+			
+			$html .= $this->render_card($card_content, $attributes);
+			$html .= $this->render_card_spacing();
+		}
+		
 		// Remove last spacing
 		$html = preg_replace('/<table[^>]*class="card-spacing"[^>]*>.*?<\/table>\s*$/s', '', $html);