diff --git a/cockatrice/src/arrowitem.cpp b/cockatrice/src/arrowitem.cpp
index 002bd2f1..8561678f 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/arrowitem.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/arrowitem.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ArrowItem::ArrowItem(Player *_player, int _id, ArrowTarget *_startItem, ArrowTarget *_targetItem, const QColor &_color)
         : QGraphicsItem(), player(_player), id(_id), startItem(_startItem), targetItem(_targetItem), color(_color), fullColor(true)
 {
+	qDebug() << "ArrowItem constructor: startItem=" << startItem;
 	setZValue(2000000005);
 	
 	if (startItem)
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ void ArrowItem::updatePath(const QPointF &endPoint)
 	const double headLength = headWidth / sqrt(2);
 	const double phi = 15;
 	
+	if (!startItem)
+		return;
+	
 	QPointF startPoint = startItem->mapToScene(QPointF(startItem->boundingRect().width() / 2, startItem->boundingRect().height() / 2));
 	QLineF line(startPoint, endPoint);
 	qreal lineLength = line.length();
@@ -141,6 +145,11 @@ void ArrowDragItem::addChildArrow(ArrowDragItem *childArrow)
 
 void ArrowDragItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	// This ensures that if a mouse move event happens after a call to delArrow(),
+	// the event will be discarded as it would create some stray pointers.
+	if (!startItem)
+		return;
+	
 	QPointF endPos = event->scenePos();
 	
 	QList<QGraphicsItem *> colliding = scene()->items(endPos);
@@ -177,6 +186,9 @@ void ArrowDragItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 
 void ArrowDragItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	if (!startItem)
+		return;
+	
 	if (targetItem && (targetItem != startItem)) {
 		CardZone *startZone = static_cast<CardItem *>(startItem)->getZone();
 		// For now, we can safely assume that the start item is always a card.
@@ -222,6 +234,9 @@ ArrowAttachItem::ArrowAttachItem(ArrowTarget *_startItem)
 
 void ArrowAttachItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	if (!startItem)
+		return;
+
 	QPointF endPos = event->scenePos();
 	
 	QList<QGraphicsItem *> colliding = scene()->items(endPos);
@@ -249,6 +264,9 @@ void ArrowAttachItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 
 void ArrowAttachItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * /*event*/)
 {
+	if (!startItem)
+		return;
+
 	if (targetItem && (targetItem != startItem)) {
 		CardItem *startCard = qgraphicsitem_cast<CardItem *>(startItem);
 		CardZone *startZone = startCard->getZone();
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/player.cpp b/cockatrice/src/player.cpp
index f5e2aac3..765727c2 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/player.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/player.cpp
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ void Player::eventMoveCard(Event_MoveCard *event)
 	while (playerIterator.hasNext()) {
 		Player *p = playerIterator.next().value();
 
-		QList<int> arrowsToDelete;
+		QList<ArrowItem *> arrowsToDelete;
 		QMapIterator<int, ArrowItem *> arrowIterator(p->getArrows());
 		while (arrowIterator.hasNext()) {
 			ArrowItem *arrow = arrowIterator.next().value();
@@ -729,11 +729,11 @@ void Player::eventMoveCard(Event_MoveCard *event)
 				if (startZone == targetZone)
 					arrow->updatePath();
 				else
-					arrowsToDelete.append(arrow->getId());
+					arrowsToDelete.append(arrow);
 			}
 		}
 		for (int i = 0; i < arrowsToDelete.size(); ++i)
-			p->delArrow(arrowsToDelete[i]);
+			arrowsToDelete[i]->delArrow();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -774,14 +774,19 @@ void Player::eventAttachCard(Event_AttachCard *event)
 	if (!startCard)
 		return;
 	
+	CardItem *oldParent = startCard->getAttachedTo();
+	
 	if (targetZone)
 		startCard->setParentItem(targetZone);
 	else
 		startCard->setParentItem(startZone);
 	startCard->setAttachedTo(targetCard);
+	
 	startZone->reorganizeCards();
 	if ((startZone != targetZone) && targetZone)
 		targetZone->reorganizeCards();
+	if (oldParent)
+		oldParent->getZone()->reorganizeCards();
 	
 	if (targetCard)
 		emit logAttachCard(this, startCard->getName(), targetPlayer, targetCard->getName());
@@ -928,7 +933,7 @@ void Player::deleteCard(CardItem *c)
 	if (dialogSemaphore)
 		cardsToDelete.append(c);
 	else
-		delete c;
+		c->deleteLater();
 }
 
 void Player::addZone(CardZone *z)
diff --git a/common/server_protocolhandler.cpp b/common/server_protocolhandler.cpp
index 1d70464b..d34a3add 100644
--- a/common/server_protocolhandler.cpp
+++ b/common/server_protocolhandler.cpp
@@ -670,11 +670,14 @@ ResponseCode Server_ProtocolHandler::cmdAttachCard(Command_AttachCard *cmd, Comm
 		return RespContextError;
 	if (targetPlayer)
 		targetzone = targetPlayer->getZones().value(cmd->getTargetZone());
-	if (targetzone)
+	if (targetzone) {
+		// This is currently enough to make sure cards don't get attached to a card that is not on the table.
+		// Possibly a flag will have to be introduced for this sometime.
+		if (!targetzone->hasCoords())
+			return RespContextError;
 		targetCard = targetzone->getCard(cmd->getTargetCardId(), false);
-	// This is currently enough to make sure cards don't get attached to a card that is not on the table.
-	// Possibly a flag will have to be introduced for this sometime.
-	if (!startzone->hasCoords() || !targetzone->hasCoords())
+	}
+	if (!startzone->hasCoords())
 		return RespContextError;
 	
 	// Get all arrows pointing to or originating from the card being attached and delete them.