diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/CardTemplateEditor.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/CardTemplateEditor.kt
index b825ecc34680..83ce64b768c1 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/CardTemplateEditor.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/CardTemplateEditor.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.DeckSelectionDialog
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.DeckSelectionDialog.DeckSelectionListener
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.DiscardChangesDialog
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.InsertFieldDialog
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardTemplates
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Collection
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Note
@@ -148,11 +149,11 @@ open class CardTemplateEditor :
      * The inner HashMap's key is the editor window ID (e.g., R.id.front_edit).
      * The value is the cursor position within that editor window.
      */
-    private var tabToCursorPositions: HashMap<Int, HashMap<Int, Int>> = HashMap()
+    private var tabToCursorPositions: HashMap<CardOrdinal, HashMap<Int, Int>> = HashMap()
 
     // the current editor view among front/style/back
     private var tabToViewId: HashMap<Int, Int?> = HashMap()
-    private var startingOrdId = 0
+    private var startingOrdId: CardOrdinal = 0
 
     /**
      * If true, the view is split in two. The template editor appears on the leading side and the previewer on the trailing side.
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ open class CardTemplateEditor :
             // get id for currently edited note (optional)
             noteId = intent.getLongExtra(EDITOR_NOTE_ID, -1L)
             // get id for currently edited template (optional)
-            startingOrdId = intent.getIntExtra("ordId", -1)
+            startingOrdId = intent.getIntExtra(EDITOR_START_ORD_ID, -1)
             tabToCursorPositions[0] = hashMapOf()
             tabToViewId[0] = R.id.front_edit
         } else {
@@ -1531,5 +1532,25 @@ open class CardTemplateEditor :
 
         @Suppress("unused")
         private const val REQUEST_CARD_BROWSER_APPEARANCE = 1
+
+        @CheckResult
+        fun getIntent(
+            context: Context,
+            noteTypeId: NoteTypeId,
+            noteId: NoteId? = null,
+            ord: CardOrdinal? = null,
+        ) = Intent(context, CardTemplateEditor::class.java)
+            .apply {
+                putExtra(EDITOR_NOTE_TYPE_ID, noteTypeId)
+                noteId?.let { putExtra(EDITOR_NOTE_ID, it) }
+                ord?.let { putExtra(EDITOR_START_ORD_ID, it) }
+
+                Timber.d(
+                    "Built intent for CardTemplateEditor; ntid: %s; nid: %s; ord: %s",
+                    noteTypeId,
+                    noteId,
+                    ord,
+                )
+            }
     }
 }
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorActivity.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorActivity.kt
index eaea73b5f001..954ea5ab0104 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorActivity.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorActivity.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.NoteEditorActivity.Companion.FRAGMENT_NAME_EXTRA
 import com.ichi2.anki.android.input.ShortcutGroup
 import com.ichi2.anki.android.input.ShortcutGroupProvider
 import com.ichi2.anki.databinding.ActivityNoteEditorBinding
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Collection
 import com.ichi2.anki.noteeditor.NoteEditorFragmentDelegate
 import com.ichi2.anki.noteeditor.NoteEditorLauncher
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ class NoteEditorActivity :
     private fun createPreviewerFragment(
         fields: List<String>,
         tags: List<String>,
-        ord: Int,
+        ord: CardOrdinal,
     ): TemplatePreviewerFragment {
         val args =
             TemplatePreviewerArguments(
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorFragment.kt
index be4042816cea..c42aac616f88 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/NoteEditorFragment.kt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.tags.TagsDialog
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.tags.TagsDialogFactory
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.tags.TagsDialogListener
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Card
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Collection
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Consts
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.DeckId
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Note.ClozeUtils
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.NoteTypeId
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.NotetypeJson
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Notetypes
-import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Notetypes.Companion.NOT_FOUND_NOTE_TYPE
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Utils
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.clozeNumbersInNote
 import com.ichi2.anki.model.CardStateFilter
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ class NoteEditorFragment :
      * @param fields The processed note fields
      * @return The ordinal (position) of the card template to display
      */
-    suspend fun determineCardOrdinal(fields: MutableList<String>): Int {
+    suspend fun determineCardOrdinal(fields: MutableList<String>): CardOrdinal {
         val ord =
             if (editorNote!!.notetype.isCloze) {
                 val tempNote = withCol { Note.fromNotetypeId(this@withCol, editorNote!!.notetype.id) }
@@ -1800,20 +1800,14 @@ class NoteEditorFragment :
     }
 
     private fun showCardTemplateEditor() {
-        val intent = Intent(requireContext(), CardTemplateEditor::class.java)
-        // Pass the note type ID
-        intent.putExtra("noteTypeId", currentlySelectedNotetype!!.id)
-        Timber.d(
-            "showCardTemplateEditor() for model %s",
-            intent.getLongExtra("noteTypeId", NOT_FOUND_NOTE_TYPE),
-        )
-        // Also pass the note id and ord if not adding new note
-        if (!addNote && currentEditedCard != null) {
-            intent.putExtra("noteId", currentEditedCard!!.nid)
-            Timber.d("showCardTemplateEditor() with note %s", currentEditedCard!!.nid)
-            intent.putExtra("ordId", currentEditedCard!!.ord)
-            Timber.d("showCardTemplateEditor() with ord %s", currentEditedCard!!.ord)
-        }
+        val intent =
+            CardTemplateEditor.getIntent(
+                requireContext(),
+                noteTypeId = currentlySelectedNotetype!!.id,
+                // Also pass the note id and ord if not adding new note
+                noteId = if (addNote) null else currentEditedCard?.nid,
+                ord = if (addNote) null else currentEditedCard?.ord,
+            )
         requestTemplateEditLauncher.launch(intent)
     }
 
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/AndroidCardRenderContext.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/AndroidCardRenderContext.kt
index fa64c6d8a72c..de5bb96680ad 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/AndroidCardRenderContext.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/AndroidCardRenderContext.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import android.content.Context
 import androidx.annotation.CheckResult
 import anki.config.ConfigKey
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Card
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Collection
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.TemplateManager.TemplateRenderContext.TemplateRenderOutput
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.template.MathJax
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class AndroidCardRenderContext(
 
     private fun render(
         content: String,
-        ord: Int,
+        ord: CardOrdinal,
     ): RenderedCard {
         val requiresMathjax = MathJax.textContainsMathjax(content)
 
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/TTS.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/TTS.kt
index d08f5d60d2fa..7ae2cbc79753 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/TTS.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/cardviewer/TTS.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.R
 import com.ichi2.anki.ReadText
 import com.ichi2.anki.backend.stripHTML
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Card
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Collection
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.TTSTag
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.template.TemplateFilters
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class TTS {
     private fun getOrdUsingCardType(
         card: Card,
         col: Collection,
-    ): Int =
+    ): CardOrdinal =
         if (card.noteType(col).isCloze) {
             0
         } else {
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/notetype/ManageNoteTypesState.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/notetype/ManageNoteTypesState.kt
index 18383588b5f2..d054b461a26c 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/notetype/ManageNoteTypesState.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/notetype/ManageNoteTypesState.kt
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ data class ManageNoteTypesState(
     data class CardEditor(
         val ntid: NoteTypeId,
     ) : Destination {
-        override fun toIntent(context: Context): Intent =
-            Intent(context, CardTemplateEditor::class.java).apply {
-                putExtra(CardTemplateEditor.EDITOR_NOTE_TYPE_ID, ntid)
-            }
+        override fun toIntent(context: Context) = CardTemplateEditor.getIntent(context, noteTypeId = ntid)
     }
 
     data class FieldsEditor(
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/PreviewerHelpers.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/PreviewerHelpers.kt
index 969e97527806..6143002ef76a 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/PreviewerHelpers.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/PreviewerHelpers.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
 import com.google.android.material.shape.ShapeAppearanceModel
 import com.ichi2.anki.AnkiDroidApp
 import com.ichi2.anki.LanguageUtils
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.settings.Prefs
 import com.ichi2.anki.settings.enums.FrameStyle
 import com.ichi2.themes.Themes
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ fun stdHtml(
  * @return body classes used when showing a card
  */
 fun bodyClassForCardOrd(
-    cardOrd: Int,
+    cardOrd: CardOrdinal,
     nightMode: Boolean = Themes.isNightTheme,
 ): String = "card card${cardOrd + 1} ${bodyClass(nightMode)} mathjax-rendered"
 
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerFragment.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerFragment.kt
index 0c3d0aef3177..6be7c79c36df 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerFragment.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerFragment.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
 import com.ichi2.anki.R
 import com.ichi2.anki.databinding.FragmentTemplatePreviewerBinding
 import com.ichi2.anki.launchCatchingTask
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.snackbar.BaseSnackbarBuilderProvider
 import com.ichi2.anki.snackbar.SnackbarBuilder
 import com.ichi2.anki.utils.ext.doOnTabSelected
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class TemplatePreviewerFragment :
      *
      * @return The safe cloze ordinal number
      */
-    suspend fun getSafeClozeOrd(): Int = viewModel.getSafeClozeOrd()
+    suspend fun getSafeClozeOrd(): CardOrdinal = viewModel.getSafeClozeOrd()
 
     companion object {
         const val ARGS_KEY = "templatePreviewerArgs"
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerViewModel.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerViewModel.kt
index 10dd74a11200..5db5d8e98760 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerViewModel.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/previewer/TemplatePreviewerViewModel.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.NotetypeFile
 import com.ichi2.anki.asyncIO
 import com.ichi2.anki.launchCatchingIO
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Card
+import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.CardOrdinal
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Consts.DEFAULT_DECK_ID
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.DeckId
 import com.ichi2.anki.libanki.Note
@@ -49,16 +50,16 @@ class TemplatePreviewerViewModel(
     private val isCloze: Boolean
 
     /**
-     * identifies which of the card templates or cloze deletions it corresponds to
-     * * for card templates, values are from 0 to the number of templates minus 1
-     * * for cloze deletions, values are from 0 to max cloze index minus 1
+     * Identifies which of the card templates or cloze deletions it corresponds to
+     *
+     * @see CardOrdinal
      */
     @VisibleForTesting
-    val ordFlow: MutableStateFlow<Int>
+    val ordFlow: MutableStateFlow<CardOrdinal>
 
     private val note: Deferred<Note>
     private val templateNames: Deferred<List<String>>
-    private val clozeOrds: Deferred<List<Int>>?
+    private val clozeOrds: Deferred<List<CardOrdinal>>?
     override var currentCard: Deferred<Card>
     override val server = AnkiServer(this).also { it.start() }
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class TemplatePreviewerViewModel(
             ordFlow.value
         }
 
-    suspend fun getSafeClozeOrd(): Int = ordFlow.value.coerceIn(0, clozeOrds!!.await().size - 1)
+    suspend fun getSafeClozeOrd(): CardOrdinal = ordFlow.value.coerceIn(0, clozeOrds!!.await().size - 1)
 
     fun updateContent(
         fields: List<String>,
@@ -271,11 +272,7 @@ class TemplatePreviewerViewModel(
 
 /**
  * @param id id of the note. Use 0 for non-created notes.
- *
- * @param ord identifies which of the card templates or cloze deletions it corresponds to
- * * for card templates, values are from 0 to the number of templates minus 1
- * * for cloze deletions, values are from 0 to max cloze index minus 1
- *
+ * @param ord See [CardOrdinal]
  * @param fillEmpty if blank fields should be replaced with placeholder content
  */
 @Parcelize
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ data class TemplatePreviewerArguments(
     val fields: List<String>,
     val tags: List<String>,
     val id: NoteId = 0,
-    val ord: Int = 0,
+    val ord: CardOrdinal = 0,
     val fillEmpty: Boolean = false,
     val deckId: DeckId = DEFAULT_DECK_ID,
 ) : Parcelable {
diff --git a/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/Card.kt b/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/Card.kt
index b5c25e56673b..57e0bd0deb75 100644
--- a/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/Card.kt
+++ b/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/Card.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ import net.ankiweb.rsdroid.RustCleanup
 private typealias BackendCard = anki.cards.Card
 private typealias FSRSMemoryState = anki.cards.FsrsMemoryState
 
+/**
+ * Identifies the card template or cloze deletion which the card refers to.
+ *
+ * Values:
+ * - **card templates**: from 0 to [`templates.size - 1`][NotetypeJson.templates]
+ * - **cloze deletions**: `{{c1::}}` refers to ord 0. etc...
+ *
+ * Primarily used during rendering to determine the template to select, or cloze to hide.
+ *
+ * Defined as [Card.ord]
+ */
+typealias CardOrdinal = Int
+
 /**
  * A Card is the ultimate entity subject to review; it encapsulates the scheduling parameters (from which to derive
  * the next interval), the note it is derived from (from which field data is retrieved), its own ownership (which deck it
@@ -68,7 +81,11 @@ open class Card : Cloneable {
     var id: CardId = 0
     var nid: NoteId = 0
     var did: DeckId = 0
-    var ord = 0
+
+    /**
+     * @see CardOrdinal
+     */
+    var ord: CardOrdinal = 0
     var mod: Long = 0
     private var usn = 0
 
diff --git a/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/CardTemplate.kt b/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/CardTemplate.kt
index b2eb697ee88a..67a6ecc61f26 100644
--- a/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/CardTemplate.kt
+++ b/libanki/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/libanki/CardTemplate.kt
@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ data class CardTemplate(
      */
     var name by jsonString("name")
 
-    /** The 0-based ordinal of the template */
-    val ord by jsonInt("ord")
+    /**
+     * The 0-based ordinal of the template
+     *
+     * @see CardOrdinal
+     */
+    val ord: CardOrdinal by jsonInt("ord")
 
     /**
      * Format string for the question when reviewing
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ data class CardTemplate(
 
     /** @see ord */
     @RustCleanup("Check JSONObject.NULL")
-    fun setOrd(value: Int?) = jsonObject.put("ord", value ?: JSONObject.NULL)
+    fun setOrd(value: CardOrdinal?) = jsonObject.put("ord", value ?: JSONObject.NULL)
 
     fun deepClone() = CardTemplate(jsonObject.deepClone())