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TL;DR: Walmart has dropped the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Play Booster Box to $174.99, beating Amazon’s current $222.19 listing. That gets you 30 Play Boosters packed with cards inspired by all 16 mainline Final Fantasy games.

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Deals on MTG’s Final Fantasy expansion haven’t been appearing as often as before, but Walmart is still offering some of the best prices in trading cards when compared with competitors. 

As of March 6, Walmart has the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Play Booster Box down to $174.99, with free shipping. That puts it $47.20 below Amazon’s current $222.19 price for the same English-version Play Booster Box, making Walmart the better place to buy if you’ve been waiting for this set to cool off a little before jumping in.

This not only knocks it down to TCGplayer’s market price, but the Walmart deal even beats Amazon’s best-ever price of $183.32 for this Play Booster Box, as confirmed with price tracker camelcamelcamel.

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This is the 30-pack Play Booster display, which means you’re getting a full box intended for cracking packs, building decks, or running Limited games with friends. Each Play Booster includes 14 Magic cards, with 1 to 4 rares or better, 3 to 6 uncommons, 6 to 9 commons, and one land card. Every booster also includes one traditional foil card, while traditional foil lands show up in 20% of boosters. What’s more, a full display box can support an eight-player Draft pod with a few packs left over for prize support.

The set pulls from all 16 mainline Final Fantasy games, with familiar characters, summons, spells, and locations woven into Magic card form. It’s a great way to revisit the series’s biggest moments while still getting a booster format built for actual play.

For more MTG deals, you can still buy the Magic: The Gathering Tarkir Dragonstorm Play Booster Box for below $110 at Walmart. You can also buy the Magic: The Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Draft Night for a new low price of $86.99 at Amazon. 

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 Friday, March 6, 2026:

AcrossMountains on an Evian bottle

• The answer is Alps.

Sound effect for a pogo stick

• The answer is Boing.

Bert's buddy

• The answer is Ernie.

"Bruhhh!"

• The answer is Dude.

Candy with collectible dispensers

• The answer is Pez.

DownPresidential nickname of the 1860s

• The answer is Abe.

"My Sweet ___" (George Harrison song)

• The answer is Lord.

Affix with a thumbtack

• The answer is Pinup.

Like an unpleasant, mocking comment

• The answer is Snide.

"Good grief!"

• The answer is Geez.

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 yesterday's Mini Crossword.

Where to buy the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box Best Walmart Deal Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box $102.95 at Walmart Shop Now Best Amazon Deal Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box $109.88 at Amazon Shop Now

Walmart is continuing its streak of being the best retailer to grab readily available Pokémon TCG products at prices that are closer to "budget-friendly."

As of March 6, Walmart has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box listed for $102.95, down from $149.99. That’s a notable drop not just against Amazon’s current $109.88 price (also its lowest price according to price tracker camelcamelcamel), but also against TCGplayer’s market price.

After a new expansion comes out, just above $100 is usually the sweet spot for ETBs. With Ascended Heroes’ most valuable SIR cards still well in the high hundreds, like Mega Gengar ex and Mega Dragonite ex — we expect this to be the standard for a long while, and $102.95 is the best deal we’ve seen by far.  

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That may only be a small edge vs. TCGplayer’s tracked $104.23 market value, but it matters more once you look at the actual listings. TCGplayer currently shows the Ascended Heroes ETB at $120 from its only listed seller, and that listing also comes with a shipping charge. The listed median is $119.43, which makes Walmart’s price look especially strong.

The Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box includes nine booster packs of trading cards, a full-art foil promo card featuring N’s Zekrom, 65 card sleeves, 40 Energy cards, a player’s guide, damage-counter dice, a coin-flip die, a plastic coin, six dividers, a collector’s box, and a code card for Pokémon TCG Live.

For new expansions, you can still preorder the Pokémon TCG’s Perfect Order Booster Box for a low price of $219.99 at Walmart. Meanwhile, you can also preorder Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Booster Bundles for just under $50. 

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 March 6, 2026 Easy difficulty hints, answers for March 6 Pips

Equal (2): Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 2-2, placed horizontally.

Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 4-0, placed vertically.

Equal (4): Everything in this space must be equal to 4. The answer is 4-0, placed vertically; 4-4, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed vertically; 4-6 placed vertically.

Greater Than (4): Everything in this space must be greater than 4. The answer is 4-6 placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for March 6 Pips

Equal (4): Everything in this space must be equal to 4. The answer is 4-6, placed vertically; 4-2, placed vertically.

Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8. The answer is 4-2, placed vertically; 3-6, placed horizontally.

Less Than (6): Everything in this space must be less than 6. The answer is 0-3, placed horizontally.

Equal (3): Everything in this red space must be equal to 3. The answer is 3-6, placed horizontally; 0-3, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed horizontally.

Equal (5): Everything in this dark blue space must be equal to 5. The answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 3-5, placed horizontally.

Equal (1): Everything in this green space must be equal to 1. The answer is 5-1, placed horizontally; 1-4, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for March 6 Pips

Number (15): Everything in this space must add up to 15. The answer is 5-4, placed vertically; 6-0, placed vertically.

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

Equal (0): Everything in this dark blue space must be equal to 0. The answer is 6-0, placed vertically; 0-4, placed vertically; 3-0, placed vertically.

Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 3-0, placed vertically.

Number (12): Everything in this space must add up to 12. The answer is 6-2, placed vertically; 3-6, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this red space must be equal to 3. The answer is 3-3, placed vertically; 3-6, placed vertically.

Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 6-1, placed vertically; 0-0, placed vertically.

Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically.

Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically; 1-3, placed horizontally.

Less Than (4): Everything in this space must be less than 4. The answer is 1-3, placed horizontally.

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

Number (7): Everything in this space must add up to 7. The answer is 5-5 placed vertically; 1-1, 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.