Hi @Michael_Ferrell,
Buttons not working on Card View is a current issue. I’m also a big fan of buttons and this same issue catches me too. Since cards can be moved by clicking and dragging, and since they’re a view on mobile as well, it’s been difficult to get buttons as another click-point added there as well.
Two work-arounds that I use in these situations are creating a View of the table for each layout that I need, then I can set each one up with the display that works best. The other layout that can be customized is the row popup layout. So if you click on a card to open that row, you could have the button on that layout to click.
If you have questions of views or want more specific suggestions, you can always create a sample document to share here and the community can chime in with thoughts and ideas.