diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/card.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/card.ts
index 5d0af42cfd..c29a0c40b3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/card.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/card.ts
@@ -1,82 +1,25 @@
-/**
- * Card normalizer:
- * Converts API cards into our internal format.
- * @see {@link https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/card/}
- */
-import punycode from 'punycode';
+import { cardSchema, type Card } from 'soapbox/schemas/card';
 
-import { Record as ImmutableRecord, Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
-
-import { groupSchema, type Group } from 'soapbox/schemas';
-import { mergeDefined } from 'soapbox/utils/normalizers';
-
-// https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/card/
-export const CardRecord = ImmutableRecord({
-  author_name: '',
-  author_url: '',
-  blurhash: null as string | null,
-  description: '',
-  embed_url: '',
-  group: null as null | Group,
-  height: 0,
-  html: '',
-  image: null as string | null,
-  provider_name: '',
-  provider_url: '',
-  title: '',
-  type: 'link',
-  url: '',
-  width: 0,
-});
-
-const IDNA_PREFIX = 'xn--';
-
-const decodeIDNA = (domain: string): string => {
-  return domain
-    .split('.')
-    .map(part => part.indexOf(IDNA_PREFIX) === 0 ? punycode.decode(part.slice(IDNA_PREFIX.length)) : part)
-    .join('.');
-};
-
-const getHostname = (url: string): string => {
-  const parser = document.createElement('a');
-  parser.href = url;
-  return parser.hostname;
-};
-
-/** Fall back to Pleroma's OG data */
-const normalizePleromaOpengraph = (card: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
-  const opengraph = ImmutableMap({
-    width:  card.getIn(['pleroma', 'opengraph', 'width']),
-    height: card.getIn(['pleroma', 'opengraph', 'height']),
-    html:   card.getIn(['pleroma', 'opengraph', 'html']),
-    image:  card.getIn(['pleroma', 'opengraph', 'thumbnail_url']),
-  });
-
-  return card.mergeWith(mergeDefined, opengraph);
-};
-
-/** Set provider from URL if not found */
-const normalizeProviderName = (card: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
-  const providerName = card.get('provider_name') || decodeIDNA(getHostname(card.get('url')));
-  return card.set('provider_name', providerName);
-};
-
-const normalizeGroup = (card: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
+export const normalizeCard = (card: unknown): Card => {
   try {
-    const group = groupSchema.parse(card.get('group').toJS());
-    return card.set('group', group);
+    return cardSchema.parse(card);
   } catch (_e) {
-    return card.set('group', null);
+    return {
+      author_name: '',
+      author_url: '',
+      blurhash: null,
+      description: '',
+      embed_url: '',
+      group: null,
+      height: 0,
+      html: '',
+      image: null,
+      provider_name: '',
+      provider_url: '',
+      title: '',
+      type: 'link',
+      url: '',
+      width: 0,
+    };
   }
 };
-
-export const normalizeCard = (card: Record<string, any>) => {
-  return CardRecord(
-    ImmutableMap(fromJS(card)).withMutations(card => {
-      normalizePleromaOpengraph(card);
-      normalizeProviderName(card);
-      normalizeGroup(card);
-    }),
-  );
-};
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
index 0040499887..7f1d76a01e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export { AdminReportRecord, normalizeAdminReport } from './admin-report';
 export { AnnouncementRecord, normalizeAnnouncement } from './announcement';
 export { AnnouncementReactionRecord, normalizeAnnouncementReaction } from './announcement-reaction';
 export { AttachmentRecord, normalizeAttachment } from './attachment';
-export { CardRecord, normalizeCard } from './card';
+export { normalizeCard } from './card';
 export { ChatRecord, normalizeChat } from './chat';
 export { ChatMessageRecord, normalizeChatMessage } from './chat-message';
 export { EmojiRecord, normalizeEmoji } from './emoji';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/soapbox/ad.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/soapbox/ad.ts
index 85dbcc8c61..10ae96d608 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/soapbox/ad.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/soapbox/ad.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import {
   fromJS,
 } from 'immutable';
 
-import { CardRecord, normalizeCard } from '../card';
+import { normalizeCard } from '../card';
 
 import type { Ad } from 'soapbox/features/ads/providers';
 
 export const AdRecord = ImmutableRecord<Ad>({
-  card: CardRecord(),
+  card: normalizeCard({}),
   impression: undefined as string | undefined,
   expires_at: undefined as string | undefined,
   reason: undefined as string | undefined,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const AdRecord = ImmutableRecord<Ad>({
 /** Normalizes an ad from Soapbox Config. */
 export const normalizeAd = (ad: Record<string, any>) => {
   const map = ImmutableMap<string, any>(fromJS(ad));
-  const card = normalizeCard(map.get('card'));
+  const card = normalizeCard(map.get('card').toJS());
   const expiresAt = map.get('expires_at') || map.get('expires');
 
   return AdRecord(map.merge({
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
index 7a71f24a88..64a00b3164 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import {
 } from 'immutable';
 
 import { normalizeAttachment } from 'soapbox/normalizers/attachment';
-import { normalizeCard } from 'soapbox/normalizers/card';
 import { normalizeEmoji } from 'soapbox/normalizers/emoji';
 import { normalizeMention } from 'soapbox/normalizers/mention';
 import { normalizePoll } from 'soapbox/normalizers/poll';
+import { cardSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas/card';
 
 import type { ReducerAccount } from 'soapbox/reducers/accounts';
 import type { Account, Attachment, Card, Emoji, Group, Mention, Poll, EmbeddedEntity } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ const normalizeStatusPoll = (status: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
 
 // Normalize card
 const normalizeStatusCard = (status: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
-  if (status.get('card')) {
-    return status.update('card', ImmutableMap(), normalizeCard);
-  } else {
+  try {
+    const card = cardSchema.parse(status.get('card').toJS());
+    return status.set('card', card);
+  } catch (e) {
     return status.set('card', null);
   }
 };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/card.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/card.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3826fa1db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/card.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import punycode from 'punycode';
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { groupSchema } from './group';
+
+const IDNA_PREFIX = 'xn--';
+
+/**
+ * Card (aka link preview).
+ * https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/card/
+ */
+const cardSchema = z.object({
+  author_name: z.string().catch(''),
+  author_url: z.string().url().catch(''),
+  blurhash: z.string().nullable().catch(null),
+  description: z.string().catch(''),
+  embed_url: z.string().url().catch(''),
+  group: groupSchema.nullable().catch(null), // TruthSocial
+  height: z.number().catch(0),
+  html: z.string().catch(''),
+  image: z.string().nullable().catch(null),
+  pleroma: z.object({
+    opengraph: z.object({
+      width: z.number(),
+      height: z.number(),
+      html: z.string(),
+      thumbnail_url: z.string().url(),
+    }).optional().catch(undefined),
+  }).optional().catch(undefined),
+  provider_name: z.string().catch(''),
+  provider_url: z.string().url().catch(''),
+  title: z.string().catch(''),
+  type: z.enum(['link', 'photo', 'video', 'rich']).catch('link'),
+  url: z.string().url(),
+  width: z.number().catch(0),
+}).transform((card) => {
+  if (!card.provider_name) {
+    card.provider_name = decodeIDNA(new URL(card.url).hostname);
+  }
+
+  if (card.pleroma?.opengraph) {
+    if (!card.width && !card.height) {
+      card.width = card.pleroma.opengraph.width;
+      card.height = card.pleroma.opengraph.height;
+    }
+
+    if (!card.html) {
+      card.html = card.pleroma.opengraph.html;
+    }
+
+    if (!card.image) {
+      card.image = card.pleroma.opengraph.thumbnail_url;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return card;
+});
+
+const decodeIDNA = (domain: string): string => {
+  return domain
+    .split('.')
+    .map(part => part.indexOf(IDNA_PREFIX) === 0 ? punycode.decode(part.slice(IDNA_PREFIX.length)) : part)
+    .join('.');
+};
+
+type Card = z.infer<typeof cardSchema>;
+
+export { cardSchema, type Card };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
index a675b52d26..23f6067c8d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export { relationshipSchema } from './relationship';
  * Entity Types
  */
 export type { Account } from './account';
+export type { Card } from './card';
 export type { CustomEmoji } from './custom-emoji';
 export type { Group } from './group';
 export type { GroupMember } from './group-member';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/types/entities.ts b/app/soapbox/types/entities.ts
index c4d8907c5b..ebbdd197d4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/types/entities.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/types/entities.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   AnnouncementRecord,
   AnnouncementReactionRecord,
   AttachmentRecord,
-  CardRecord,
   ChatRecord,
   ChatMessageRecord,
   EmojiRecord,
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ type AdminReport = ReturnType<typeof AdminReportRecord>;
 type Announcement = ReturnType<typeof AnnouncementRecord>;
 type AnnouncementReaction = ReturnType<typeof AnnouncementReactionRecord>;
 type Attachment = ReturnType<typeof AttachmentRecord>;
-type Card = ReturnType<typeof CardRecord>;
 type Chat = ReturnType<typeof ChatRecord>;
 type ChatMessage = ReturnType<typeof ChatMessageRecord>;
 type Emoji = ReturnType<typeof EmojiRecord>;
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ export {
   Announcement,
   AnnouncementReaction,
   Attachment,
-  Card,
   Chat,
   ChatMessage,
   Emoji,
@@ -110,6 +107,7 @@ export {
 };
 
 export type {
+  Card,
   Group,
   GroupMember,
   GroupRelationship,