diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
index e18000c94d5..c3eded97553 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ public String getAbilityText(final CardState state) {
         if (isCloaked()) {
             sb.append("Cloaked\r\n");
         }
-        String keywordText = keywordsToText(getUnhiddenKeywords(state));
+        String keywordText = keywordsToText(getUnhiddenKeywords(state).getValues());
         sb.append(keywordText).append(keywordText.length() > 0 ? linebreak : "");
 
         // Process replacement effects first so that "enters the battlefield tapped"
@@ -3497,9 +3497,7 @@ public void updateSpellAbilities(List<SpellAbility> list, CardState state) {
         }
 
         // keywords should already been cleanup by layers
-        for (KeywordInterface kw : getUnhiddenKeywords(state)) {
-            kw.applySpellAbility(list);
-        }
+        getUnhiddenKeywords(state).applySpellAbility(list);
     }
 
     public final FCollectionView<SpellAbility> getAllSpellAbilities() {
@@ -5230,10 +5228,10 @@ public boolean clearStaticChangedCardKeywords(final boolean updateView) {
     }
 
     // Hidden keywords will be left out
-    public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getUnhiddenKeywords() {
+    public final KeywordCollection getUnhiddenKeywords() {
         return getUnhiddenKeywords(currentState);
     }
-    public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getUnhiddenKeywords(CardState state) {
+    public final KeywordCollection getUnhiddenKeywords(CardState state) {
         return state.getCachedKeywords();
     }
 
@@ -7116,9 +7114,7 @@ public void updateStaticAbilities(List<StaticAbility> list, CardState state) {
         }
 
         // keywords are already sorted by Layer
-        for (KeywordInterface kw : getUnhiddenKeywords(state)) {
-            kw.applyStaticAbility(list);
-        }
+        getUnhiddenKeywords(state).applyStaticAbility(list);
     }
 
     public final FCollectionView<StaticAbility> getHiddenStaticAbilities() {
@@ -7155,9 +7151,7 @@ public void updateTriggers(List<Trigger> list, CardState state) {
         }
 
         // Keywords are already sorted by Layer
-        for (KeywordInterface kw : getUnhiddenKeywords(state)) {
-            kw.applyTrigger(list);
-        }
+        getUnhiddenKeywords(state).applyTrigger(list);
     }
 
     public FCollectionView<ReplacementEffect> getReplacementEffects() {
@@ -7175,9 +7169,7 @@ public void updateReplacementEffects(List<ReplacementEffect> list, CardState sta
         }
 
         // Keywords are already sorted by Layer
-        for (KeywordInterface kw : getUnhiddenKeywords(state)) {
-            kw.applyReplacementEffect(list);
-        }
+        getUnhiddenKeywords(state).applyReplacementEffect(list);
 
         if (!rulesHost) {
             return;
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardState.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardState.java
index 3f618c301df..94872cb5ab8 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardState.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardState.java
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ public final void setAttractionLights(Set<Integer> attractionLights) {
         view.updateAttractionLights(this);
     }
 
-    public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getCachedKeywords() {
-        return cachedKeywords.getValues();
+    public final KeywordCollection getCachedKeywords() {
+        return cachedKeywords;
     }
 
     public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getCachedKeyword(final Keyword keyword) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordCollection.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordCollection.java
index 135af59d327..89b47d78d23 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordCollection.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordCollection.java
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder;
 
 import forge.game.card.Card;
+import forge.game.card.ICardTraitChanges;
+import forge.game.replacement.ReplacementEffect;
+import forge.game.spellability.SpellAbility;
+import forge.game.staticability.StaticAbility;
+import forge.game.trigger.Trigger;
 
-public class KeywordCollection implements Iterable<KeywordInterface> {
-
-    private transient KeywordCollectionView view;
+public class KeywordCollection implements ICardTraitChanges, Iterable<KeywordInterface> {
     // don't use enumKeys it causes a slow down
     private final Multimap<Keyword, KeywordInterface> map = MultimapBuilder.hashKeys()
             .linkedHashSetValues().build();
@@ -173,50 +176,46 @@ public String toString() {
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
-    public KeywordCollectionView getView() {
-        if (view == null) {
-            view = new KeywordCollectionView();
+    @Override
+    public List<SpellAbility> applySpellAbility(List<SpellAbility> list) {
+        for (KeywordInterface k : getValues()) {
+            k.applySpellAbility(list);
         }
-        return view;
+        return list;
     }
-
-    public void applyChanges(Iterable<IKeywordsChange> changes) {
-        for (final IKeywordsChange ck : changes) {
-            ck.applyKeywords(this);
+    @Override
+    public List<Trigger> applyTrigger(List<Trigger> list) {
+        for (KeywordInterface k : getValues()) {
+            k.applyTrigger(list);
         }
+        return list;
     }
-
-    public class KeywordCollectionView implements Iterable<KeywordInterface> {
-
-        protected KeywordCollectionView() {
-        }
-
-        public boolean isEmpty() {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.isEmpty();
-        }
-
-        public int size() {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.size();
-        }
-
-        public int getAmount(String keyword) {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.getAmount(keyword);
-        }
-
-        public boolean contains(Keyword keyword) {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.contains(keyword);
+    @Override
+    public List<ReplacementEffect> applyReplacementEffect(List<ReplacementEffect> list) {
+        for (KeywordInterface k : getValues()) {
+            k.applyReplacementEffect(list);
         }
-        public boolean contains(String keyword) {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.contains(keyword);
+        return list;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public List<StaticAbility> applyStaticAbility(List<StaticAbility> list) {
+        for (KeywordInterface k : getValues()) {
+            k.applyStaticAbility(list);
         }
-
-        public List<String> asStringList() {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.asStringList();
+        return list;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public KeywordCollection copy(Card host, boolean lki) {
+        KeywordCollection result = new KeywordCollection();
+        for (KeywordInterface ki : getValues()) {
+            result.insert(ki.copy(host, lki));
         }
+        return result;
+    }
 
-        @Override
-        public Iterator<KeywordInterface> iterator() {
-            return KeywordCollection.this.iterator();
+    public void applyChanges(Iterable<IKeywordsChange> changes) {
+        for (final IKeywordsChange ck : changes) {
+            ck.applyKeywords(this);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordsChange.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordsChange.java
index 1a95d2dd5fc..bd966b6dc41 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordsChange.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/keyword/KeywordsChange.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  */
 public class KeywordsChange implements ICardTraitChanges, IKeywordsChange, Cloneable {
     private KeywordCollection keywords = new KeywordCollection();
-    private List<KeywordInterface> removeKeywordInterfaces = Lists.newArrayList();
+    private KeywordCollection removeKeywordInterfaces = new KeywordCollection();
     private List<String> removeKeywords = Lists.newArrayList();
     private boolean removeAllKeywords;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public KeywordsChange(
         }
 
         if (removeKeywordInterfaces != null) {
-            this.removeKeywordInterfaces.addAll(removeKeywordInterfaces);
+            this.removeKeywordInterfaces.insertAll(removeKeywordInterfaces);
         }
 
         this.removeAllKeywords = removeAll;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getKeywords() {
     }
 
     public final Collection<KeywordInterface> getRemovedKeywordInstances() {
-        return this.removeKeywordInterfaces;
+        return this.removeKeywordInterfaces.getValues();
     }
     /**
      *
@@ -132,17 +132,9 @@ public KeywordsChange copy(final Card host, final boolean lki) {
         try {
             KeywordsChange result = (KeywordsChange)super.clone();
 
-            result.keywords = new KeywordCollection();
-            for (KeywordInterface ki : this.keywords.getValues()) {
-                result.keywords.insert(ki.copy(host, lki));
-            }
-
+            result.keywords = this.keywords.copy(host, lki);
             result.removeKeywords = Lists.newArrayList(removeKeywords);
-
-            result.removeKeywordInterfaces = Lists.newArrayList();
-            for (KeywordInterface ki : this.removeKeywordInterfaces) {
-                result.removeKeywordInterfaces.add(ki.copy(host, lki));
-            }
+            result.removeKeywordInterfaces = this.removeKeywordInterfaces.copy(host, lki);
 
             return result;
         }  catch (final Exception ex) {
@@ -151,28 +143,16 @@ public KeywordsChange copy(final Card host, final boolean lki) {
     }
 
     public List<SpellAbility> applySpellAbility(List<SpellAbility> list) {
-        for (KeywordInterface k : this.keywords.getValues()) {
-            k.applySpellAbility(list);
-        }
-        return list;
+        return keywords.applySpellAbility(list);
     }
     public List<Trigger> applyTrigger(List<Trigger> list) {
-        for (KeywordInterface k : this.keywords.getValues()) {
-            k.applyTrigger(list);
-        }
-        return list;
+        return keywords.applyTrigger(list);
     }
     public List<ReplacementEffect> applyReplacementEffect(List<ReplacementEffect> list) {
-        for (KeywordInterface k : this.keywords.getValues()) {
-            k.applyReplacementEffect(list);
-        }
-        return list;
+        return keywords.applyReplacementEffect(list);
     }
     public List<StaticAbility> applyStaticAbility(List<StaticAbility> list) {
-        for (KeywordInterface k : this.keywords.getValues()) {
-            k.applyStaticAbility(list);
-        }
-        return list;
+        return keywords.applyStaticAbility(list);
     }
 
     public void applyKeywords(KeywordCollection list) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
index 4a903fe2d21..efc0c9da670 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import forge.game.card.*;
 import forge.game.event.*;
 import forge.game.keyword.*;
-import forge.game.keyword.KeywordCollection.KeywordCollectionView;
 import forge.game.mana.ManaPool;
 import forge.game.phase.PhaseHandler;
 import forge.game.phase.PhaseType;
@@ -1039,8 +1038,8 @@ private void updateKeywords() {
         updateKeywordCardAbilityText();
     }
 
-    public final KeywordCollectionView getKeywords() {
-        return keywords.getView();
+    public final KeywordCollection getKeywords() {
+        return keywords;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
index c135ca514b7..daddba99a62 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package forge.game.player;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultiset;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
@@ -332,22 +331,14 @@ public void updateAdditionalVillainousChoices(Player p) {
         set(TrackableProperty.AdditionalVillainousChoices, p.getAdditionalVotesAmount());
     }
 
-    public ImmutableMultiset<String> getKeywords() {
+    public List<String> getKeywords() {
         return get(TrackableProperty.Keywords);
     }
-    public List<String> getDisplayableKeywords() {
-        final List<String> allKws;
-        final ImmutableMultiset<String> kws = getKeywords();
-        synchronized (kws) {
-            allKws = Lists.newArrayList(kws.elementSet());
-        }
-        return allKws;
-    }
     public boolean hasKeyword(String keyword) {
         return getKeywords().contains(keyword);
     }
     void updateKeywords(Player p) {
-        set(TrackableProperty.Keywords, ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(p.getKeywords().asStringList()));
+        set(TrackableProperty.Keywords, p.getKeywords().asStringList());
     }
 
     public List<CardView> getCommanders() {
@@ -567,7 +558,7 @@ private List<String> getDetailsList() {
         }
         details.add(Localizer.getInstance().getMessage("lblExtraTurnCountHas", getExtraTurnCount()));
 
-        final String keywords = Lang.joinHomogenous(getDisplayableKeywords());
+        final String keywords = Lang.joinHomogenous(getKeywords());
         if (!keywords.isEmpty()) {
             details.add(keywords);
         }
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableProperty.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableProperty.java
index 765c844d007..b8c244139e1 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableProperty.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableProperty.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public enum TrackableProperty {
     OptionalAdditionalVote(TrackableTypes.IntegerType),
     ControlVotes(TrackableTypes.BooleanType),
     AdditionalVillainousChoices(TrackableTypes.IntegerType),
-    Keywords(TrackableTypes.KeywordCollectionViewType, FreezeMode.IgnoresFreeze),
+    Keywords(TrackableTypes.StringListType, FreezeMode.IgnoresFreeze),
     Commander(TrackableTypes.CardViewCollectionType, FreezeMode.IgnoresFreeze),
     CommanderCast(TrackableTypes.IntegerMapType),
     CommanderDamage(TrackableTypes.IntegerMapType),
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableTypes.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableTypes.java
index e4a70096dc7..220f94d78ca 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableTypes.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/trackable/TrackableTypes.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import forge.game.card.CardView.CardStateView;
 import forge.game.card.CounterType;
 import forge.game.combat.CombatView;
-import forge.game.keyword.KeywordCollection.KeywordCollectionView;
 import forge.game.player.PlayerView;
 import forge.game.spellability.StackItemView;
 import forge.item.IPaperCard;
@@ -296,12 +295,6 @@ public Map<CounterType, Integer> getDefaultValue() {
             return null;
         }
     };
-    public static final TrackableType<KeywordCollectionView> KeywordCollectionViewType = new TrackableType<KeywordCollectionView>() {
-        @Override
-        protected KeywordCollectionView getDefaultValue() {
-            return null;
-        }
-    };
     public static final TrackableType<Map<Object, Object>> GenericMapType = new TrackableType<Map<Object, Object>>() {
         @Override
         public Map<Object, Object> getDefaultValue() {
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gamemodes/net/NetworkChecksumUtil.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gamemodes/net/NetworkChecksumUtil.java
index 0488deded4a..d9bc33995bc 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gamemodes/net/NetworkChecksumUtil.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gamemodes/net/NetworkChecksumUtil.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import forge.trackable.TrackableTypes.TrackableType;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -495,12 +494,6 @@ static int hashPropertyValue(Object value) {
         if (value instanceof Enum<?> e) {
             return e.ordinal();
         }
-        // KeywordCollectionView has no hashCode or content-based toString — hash by keyword strings
-        if (value instanceof forge.game.keyword.KeywordCollection.KeywordCollectionView kcv) {
-            List<String> kws = kcv.asStringList();
-            Collections.sort(kws);
-            return kws.hashCode();
-        }
         // Fallback: use toString() for content-based hashing. Covers types like CardType
         // and ManaCost that have content-based toString() but no hashCode() override.
         return value.toString().hashCode();