diff --git a/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.test.ts b/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.test.ts
index 23583d3c8..3b26991e2 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.test.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,95 @@ describe('renderCardSide', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('conditional blocks', () => {
+  const conditional: AnkiNoteType = {
+    ...basic,
+    tmpls: [
+      {
+        name: 'Card 1',
+        ord: 0,
+        qfmt: '{{#Header}}<h1>{{Header}}</h1>{{/Header}}{{Front}}',
+        afmt: '{{FrontSide}}{{#Back Extra}}<aside>{{Back Extra}}</aside>{{/Back Extra}}',
+      },
+    ],
+    flds: [
+      { name: 'Header', ord: 0 },
+      { name: 'Front', ord: 1 },
+      { name: 'Back Extra', ord: 2 },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it('renders {{#Field}}...{{/Field}} content when the field is non-empty', () => {
+    const result = renderCardSide(
+      conditional,
+      { Header: 'Cell anatomy', Front: 'Q', 'Back Extra': '' },
+      'front'
+    );
+    expect(result).toContain('<h1>Cell anatomy</h1>');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{#Header}}');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{/Header}}');
+  });
+
+  it('removes {{#Field}}...{{/Field}} content when the field is empty', () => {
+    const result = renderCardSide(
+      conditional,
+      { Header: '', Front: 'Q', 'Back Extra': '' },
+      'front'
+    );
+    expect(result).not.toContain('<h1>');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{#Header}}');
+    expect(result).toBe('Q');
+  });
+
+  it('substitutes field names that contain spaces', () => {
+    const result = renderCardSide(
+      conditional,
+      { Header: '', Front: 'Q', 'Back Extra': 'Mitochondria' },
+      'back'
+    );
+    expect(result).toContain('<aside>Mitochondria</aside>');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{Back Extra}}');
+  });
+
+  it('handles {{^Field}}...{{/Field}} inverse — renders when empty, hides when present', () => {
+    const inverse: AnkiNoteType = {
+      ...basic,
+      tmpls: [
+        {
+          name: 'Card 1',
+          ord: 0,
+          qfmt: '{{^Hint}}<em>no hint</em>{{/Hint}}{{Front}}',
+          afmt: '{{Back}}',
+        },
+      ],
+      flds: [
+        { name: 'Front', ord: 0 },
+        { name: 'Back', ord: 1 },
+        { name: 'Hint', ord: 2 },
+      ],
+    };
+    const empty = renderCardSide(inverse, { Front: 'Q', Back: 'A', Hint: '' }, 'front');
+    expect(empty).toContain('<em>no hint</em>');
+    const filled = renderCardSide(
+      inverse,
+      { Front: 'Q', Back: 'A', Hint: 'something' },
+      'front'
+    );
+    expect(filled).not.toContain('<em>no hint</em>');
+  });
+
+  it('strips conditional tokens that reference unknown fields', () => {
+    const result = renderCardSide(
+      conditional,
+      { Front: 'Q' },
+      'front'
+    );
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{#');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('{{/');
+    expect(result).toBe('Q');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('buildPreviewDocument', () => {
   it('wraps the rendered side in a sandbox-friendly HTML document', () => {
     const doc = buildPreviewDocument(basic, { Front: 'Q', Back: 'A' }, 'front');
diff --git a/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.ts b/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.ts
index 77ecfebcb..373d8da91 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/TemplatesPage/renderNoteTypePreview.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { AnkiNoteType } from '../../lib/backend/templates';
 
 type PreviewData = Record<string, string>;
 
-const CLOZE_FIELD_RE = /\{\{cloze:([\w-]+)\}\}/g;
+const CONDITIONAL_RE = /\{\{([#^])([^}]+?)\}\}([\s\S]*?)\{\{\/\2\}\}/g;
+const CLOZE_FIELD_RE = /\{\{cloze:([^}]+?)\}\}/g;
 const CLOZE_TOKEN_RE = /\{\{c\d+::([^}:]+)(?:::[^}]+)?\}\}/g;
-const FIELD_RE = /\{\{([\w-]+)\}\}/g;
+const FIELD_RE = /\{\{(?![#^/])([^}]+?)\}\}/g;
 
 function renderClozeContent(value: string, side: 'front' | 'back'): string {
   return value.replace(CLOZE_TOKEN_RE, (_match, answer) => {
@@ -13,15 +14,39 @@ function renderClozeContent(value: string, side: 'front' | 'back'): string {
   });
 }
 
+function resolveConditionals(format: string, data: PreviewData): string {
+  let previous = '';
+  let next = format;
+  while (next !== previous) {
+    previous = next;
+    next = next.replace(
+      CONDITIONAL_RE,
+      (_match, kind: string, fieldName: string, content: string) => {
+        const value = data[fieldName.trim()] ?? '';
+        const isPresent = value.length > 0;
+        const shouldShow = kind === '#' ? isPresent : !isPresent;
+        return shouldShow ? content : '';
+      }
+    );
+  }
+  return next;
+}
+
 function substituteFields(
   format: string,
   data: PreviewData,
   side: 'front' | 'back'
 ): string {
-  const withCloze = format.replace(CLOZE_FIELD_RE, (_match, fieldName) =>
-    renderClozeContent(data[fieldName] ?? '', side)
+  const withoutConditionals = resolveConditionals(format, data);
+  const withCloze = withoutConditionals.replace(
+    CLOZE_FIELD_RE,
+    (_match, fieldName: string) =>
+      renderClozeContent(data[fieldName.trim()] ?? '', side)
+  );
+  return withCloze.replace(
+    FIELD_RE,
+    (_match, fieldName: string) => data[fieldName.trim()] ?? ''
   );
-  return withCloze.replace(FIELD_RE, (_match, fieldName) => data[fieldName] ?? '');
 }
 
 export function renderCardSide(