diff --git a/src/pf1e_simulator/combat.py b/src/pf1e_simulator/combat.py
index 58a6d32..c16c124 100644
--- a/src/pf1e_simulator/combat.py
+++ b/src/pf1e_simulator/combat.py
@@ -8892,12 +8892,20 @@ def _emit_hex(
 def _spell_combat_actions(
     engine: CombatEngine, state: CombatantState, target: CombatantState
 ) -> tuple[Action, ...] | None:
-    """Misty's spell_combat (main) + inspire_courage (swift), or None if no offensive spell."""
+    """Misty's spell_combat (main) + inspire_courage (swift), None if not castable.
+
+    Slot gate (mirror of ``_choose_spell_action``): with no slot left for the
+    chosen spell the cast is rejected (``NO SPELL SLOT``), so the executor
+    would run the action as a bare full attack at -2 - strictly worse than the
+    plain full attack the policy would otherwise choose. Fall through instead.
+    """
     if state.resources_left.get("bardic_rounds", 0) <= 0:
         return None
     offensive = _find_offensive_spell(engine, state.combatant.spells, state, target)
     if offensive is None:
         return None
+    if not _has_slot(engine, state, offensive):
+        return None
     return (
         Action(kind="inspire_courage", target_id=target.combatant.id),
         Action(kind="spell_combat", target_id=target.combatant.id, spell_name=offensive),
diff --git a/tests/test_class_abilities.py b/tests/test_class_abilities.py
index 2174984..0b4a531 100644
--- a/tests/test_class_abilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_class_abilities.py
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ def test_misty_emits_inspire_courage_and_spell_combat() -> None:
     # Shocking Grasp (not Burning Hands): the offensive-spell scan reads
     # top-level damage effects, and Burning Hands is a cone area spell now.
     misty = _combatant(
-        "misty", resources={"bardic_rounds": 12}, spells=["Shocking Grasp"]
+        "misty", resources={"bardic_rounds": 12}, spells=["Shocking Grasp"],
+        spell_slots={1: 1},
     )
     goblin = _combatant("goblin", hp_max=6)
     reg = load_spell_registry(SPELLS_DIR)
@@ -443,6 +444,55 @@ def test_misty_emits_inspire_courage_and_spell_combat() -> None:
     assert any(a.kind == "spell_combat" for a in actions)
 
 
+def test_misty_no_spell_combat_when_slots_exhausted() -> None:
+    """Slot gate: with no slot left the cast would be rejected (NO SPELL SLOT)
+    and spell_combat would resolve as a bare full attack at -2 - strictly worse
+    than the plain full attack. The policy must fall through to full_attack."""
+    misty = _combatant(
+        "misty", resources={"bardic_rounds": 12}, spells=["Shocking Grasp"],
+        spell_slots={1: 0},
+    )
+    goblin = _combatant("goblin", hp_max=6)
+    reg = load_spell_registry(SPELLS_DIR)
+    engine, me, _ = _engine(misty, [goblin], spell_registry=reg)
+
+    actions = default_policy(engine, me)
+
+    assert not any(a.kind == "spell_combat" for a in actions)
+    assert any(a.kind == "full_attack" for a in actions)
+
+
+def test_spell_combat_without_slot_costs_no_minus_two_in_execution() -> None:
+    """Executor-side evidence for the policy gate: a spell_combat with no slot
+    leaves the caster without the -2 spell AND with the full attack at -2
+    (d20 10 + bonus 3 - 2 = 11, misses AC 15) - the wasted-turn trap the
+    policy must avoid proposing."""
+    misty = _combatant(
+        "misty", resources={"bardic_rounds": 12}, spells=["Shocking Grasp"],
+        spell_slots={1: 0},
+    )
+    goblin = _combatant("goblin", hp_max=6)
+    reg = load_spell_registry(SPELLS_DIR)
+    # Queue: the rejected cast consumes no die (the slot gate precedes the
+    # casting AoO), so the first roll is misty's swing d20=10.
+    engine, me, enemy = _engine(
+        misty, [goblin], spell_registry=reg, rng_queue=[10]
+    )
+
+    engine._execute(
+        me,
+        Action(
+            kind="spell_combat", target_id=enemy[0].combatant.id,
+            spell_name="Shocking Grasp",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    assert any("NO SPELL SLOT" in line for line in engine._transcript)
+    assert any(
+        "sword vs goblin d20=10+1=11" in line for line in engine._transcript
+    )
+
+
 def test_misty_silent_when_bardic_rounds_exhausted() -> None:
     misty = _combatant(
         "misty", resources={"bardic_rounds": 0}, spells=["Burning Hands"]