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Save $20: As of Nov. 5, the Magic: The Gathering — Final Fantasy Play Booster Box is $159.97 at TCGplayer, compared to Amazon's price of $179.99.

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Universes Beyond is such a clever way to bring new players into the MTG fold, with Marvel's Spider-Man a total success and Avatar: The Last Air Bender set to do the same on Nov. 21. MTG: Final Fantasy was an even bigger hit, with the value on sealed product holding firm for now. So you'll be glad to know that I've found Play Booster Boxes on TCGplayer for $20 less than Amazon's $179.99 listing.

TCGplayer, an eBay subsidiary, is the biggest marketplace for traders and collectors looking to buy and sell TCG products and track values. Everything is in black and white to make sure you're making informed buying decisions. If you go to a card show and want to trade or sell to a vendor, I can pretty much guarantee they'll be using TCGplayer's market value or recent eBay sold listings as a pricing guide.

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Each of the 30 packs in this play booster box contains 40 cards. Including 6-9 Commons, 3-6 Uncommon Cards, 1-4 Rare or higher, and 1 Land card (20% chance of a traditional foil and a 1% chance of bagging a Foil Boarderless Mythic Rare).

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The Travelling Chocobo Boarderless collection with this set is ridiculous and by far the most valuable set of chase cards. There's a black Japanese exclusive which is fetching over $7,000 at the moment, with the other Neon Ink Travelling Chocobo cards going for around $2,000 to $2,300. Bar the Japanese Exclusive, these are next to impossible to pull, so if you're after one you'd more than likely save more money just buying outright:

1. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Japanese Exclusive) #551
   Near Mint Holofoil: $7,500
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   Most recent sale: $6,400

2. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Neon Ink Blue) #551c
   Near Mint Holofoil: $2,299.99
   Market price: $2,347.06
   Most recent sale: $2,499.99

3. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Neon Ink Green) #551d
   Near Mint Holofoil: $1,999.65
   Market price: $2,181.76
   Most recent sale: $2,125

4. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Neon Ink Pink) #551b
   Near Mint Holofoil: $2,299.99
   Market price: $2,008.91
   Most recent sale: $1,901.73

5. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Neon Ink Yellow) #551a
   Near Mint Holofoil: $2,299
   Market price: $1,950.24
   Most recent sale: $2,088.44

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

SEE ALSO: NYT Strands hints, answers for November 5, 2025 Easy difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 5 Pips

Number (12): Everything in this space must add to 12. The answer is 4-2, placed vertically; 4-4, placed horizontally.

Number (0): Everything in this space must add to 0. The answer is 0-0, placed horizontally.

Number (2): Everything in this space must add to 2. The answer is 1-1, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 5 Pips

Number (12): Everything in this space must add to 12. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 6-2, placed horizontally.

Number (5): Everything in this dark blue space must add to 5. The answer is 6-2, placed horizontally; 0-2, placed vertically; 1-0, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (3): Everything in this green space must be greater than 3. The answer is 4-0, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (3): Everything in this orange space must be greater than 3. The answer is 0-5, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Nov. 5 Pips

Number (10): Everything in this purple space must add to 10. The answer is 5-3, placed vertically; 5-6, placed horizontally.

Number (0): Everything in this red space must add to 0. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answers are 3-1, placed vertically; 5-3, placed vertically.

Number (10): Everything in this orange space must add to 10. The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally.

Number (10): Everything in this dark blue space must add to 10. The answer is 0-4, placed horizontally; 6-0, placed horizontally.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Today's Connections: Sports Edition is easy if you have some knowledge on college basketball.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections: Sports Edition?

The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: How to watch

• Green: Group names

• Blue: Runners

• Purple: Same first word

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Ways to consume a sporting event

• Green: NWSL teams

• Blue: Triple crown horse racing winners

• Purple: Pass ____

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #408 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• Ways to consume a sporting event - IN PERSON, RADIO, STREAMING, TELEVISION

• NWSL teams - CURRENT, DASH, PRIDE, SPRINT

• Triple crown horse racing winners - CITATION, GALLANT FOX, OMAHA, SECRETARIAT

• Pass ____ - BREAKUP, INTERFERENCE, PROTECTION, RUSH

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

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TL;DR: Get thousands of retro and 3D games, dual systems, and 4K visuals with the Kinhank Super Console X2 Pro — on sale for just $89.97 (reg. $159.99) with free shipping.

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When you look back on your childhood, blowing into cartridges might seem like magic. But it’s 2025, and we deserve a more efficient way to revisit our favorite games.

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This isn’t just a dusty throwback machine. It’s a dual-system beast with Android 9.0 for apps and EmuELEC 4.5 for emulation, backed by a quad-core processor, Mali-G31 MP2 GPU, and 4K support. Translation? Your retro games look better and run smoother than ever before.

It supports Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band Wi-Fi, and plays nicely with your TV, projector, or laptop. It’s plug-and-play, comes pre-loaded with 60+ emulators, and even lets you download extra 3D games. Think Atari, Nintendo, PlayStation, classic arcade games, and others.

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Apple's iPhone Air and Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge changed the smartphone game by giving up camera power and battery life for an extremely thin body.

Motorola's take on the thin phone idea, the new Motorola Edge 70, is incredibly simple — the phone is very thin, but has a triple camera, a large battery, and a fairly low price.

The colors on offer are Lily Pad, Bronze Green, and Gadget Grey. Credit: Motorola

Check the specs: The Edge 70 has a 6.67-inch P-OLED display, a dual 50-megapixel camera on the back, a 50-megapixel selfie camera on the front, and a respectable 4,800mAh battery that's good for up to 38 hours of mixed usage (according to Motorola).

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What makes the Motorola Edge 70 really interesting is how thin it is. At 5.99 millimeters of thickness, it's very close to Apple's iPhone Air, which measures 5.6 millimeters at its thinnest point.

The fact that this is a mid-range phone is revealed in the chip that powers it, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 coupled with 12GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage.

The display is a 6.67-inch Super HD pOLED. Credit: Motorola

But the whole package doesn't sound too shabby, given that you basically get a full-featured phone that also happens to be thin. The Motorola Edge 70 cheats a little on the camera front, as it appears to have three rear cameras, but it really only has two (one wide and the other ultra-wide). Other than that, it's hard to find too many faults with its specs. It has fast, 68W wired charging, 15W wireless charging, water resistance up to IP68/IP69 standard and, as is customary these days, a bunch of AI features including image enhancement, visual search, and AI-based image creation, among others.

All of this hits even harder when you consider the price of the Motorola Edge 70, which starts at €799 in Europe and can get significantly lower in some markets thanks to early bird discounts. For reference, Apple's iPhone Air starts at about €1,199 in Europe, while the Galaxy S25 Edge is even pricier at €1,369 (note that the prices vary by market).

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: How to play Pips, the newest NYT game

Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025:

AcrossFresh addition to a pasta sauce, perhaps

• The answer is Basil.

Log ___ (water park ride)

• The answer is Flume.

Group of ships

• The answer is Fleet.

Some drinks from "streams"

• The answer is Sodas.

Documentarian Burns

• The answer is Ken.

DownClosest pals, for short

• The answer is BFFs.

"No problems here!"

• The answer is All OK.

Shoe material in an Elvis hit

• The answer is Suede.

"That is to say …"

• The answer is I Mean.

Tennis do-overs

• The answer is Lets.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Mini Crossword.

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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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To engross.

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RIVET

Hurdle Word 2 hint

What dogs love to play.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for August 4, 2025 Hurdle Word 2 Answer

FETCH

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Strength.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 4 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for August 4, 2025 Hurdle Word 3 answer

MIGHT

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Downward.

SEE ALSO: NYT Strands hints, answers for August 4 Hurdle Word 4 answer

LOWER

Final Hurdle hint

Water vapor.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Games available on Mashable Hurdle Word 5 answer

STEAM

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