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Disney Lorcana’s Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

Lorcana’s Fabled set mixes plenty of familiar favorites with fresh new cards that bring serious potential to the table.

I’m lucky here at CNET to get an early look at some of the new Disney Lorcana cards — and sometimes, I get to share them with you. Disney Lorcana is one of the best card games available right now and one of my favorites to play with a group of friends when you’re feeling a little tired of gaming. Every quarter, a new set is released, and with the last set, Reign of Jafar, in the rearview, we’re looking forward to the newest set, Fabled.

Fabled, or set nine, includes a lot of reprinted cards from the first four sets — The First Chapter, Rise of the Floodborn, Into the Inklands and Ursula’s Return — because they’re officially out of rotation. By reprinting 171 cards, players can hold onto some of their favorite cards from those sets for competitions.

It’s not all reprints, though. Fabled has 33 cards that we’ve never seen before, including six Super Rare cards, one of which I’m showing you exclusively today. Lilo, Best Explorer Ever, is a steel-colored, Storyborn hero card with artwork that harkens back to the Lilo and Stitch: The Series show from the early 2000s. The card is relatively cheap, with a three-ink cost, but has two decent abilities that could work well with an aggressive ruby/steel deck.

Come on, people, let’s move: Getting Challenger +2 on all of your characters when Lilo is played is great, but you’ll want to pull her later on in the turn order to make sure you have enough characters on the board to make it worthwhile. Especially helpful if your opponent has sent all their characters out in one go.
Go get ’em: This is an ongoing ability that will give any alien character Challenger +2 and the ability to challenge ready characters on the same turn. Pair this with a good Stitch card such as Alien Troublemaker and you could gain some extra lore and draw cards as well.

Fabled is due to be released at your local game store on August 29, with a full release in big-box stores on September 5. As always, the new set comes with all-new play mats, new sleeves and boxes as well as starter decks and a collector’s trove. I like to get the two starter sets and the trove in the first round of buying. The trove is big enough to hold just about all of the cards you’re likely to buy in each new set, and is a handy way of keeping them separate.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Might Come in 5G and 4G Cellular Models

If the rumor proves true, the 5G Galaxy Watch Ultra would rival the 5G-enabled $799 Apple Watch Ultra 3 that debuted last fall.

Samsung’s next high-end Galaxy Watch could support faster 5G speeds, but if this leak is true, it will depend on where you live. The rumored Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 might come in 5G and 4G cellular models, with availability for each smartwatch depending on the country.

According to the Dutch website Galaxy Club (and spotted by SamMobile), Samsung’s servers may have revealed a series of model numbers that point to 5G, 4G and Wi-Fi-enabled editions of the next Galaxy Watch Ultra, which would succeed the original model that debuted in 2024.

A representative for Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Galaxy Club website speculates that the 5G edition would be sold in the US and Korean markets, while the 4G edition would sell in the rest of the world. In the US, a 5G version of the Galaxy Watch Ultra would rival the 5G-enabled $799 Apple Watch Ultra 3, which debuted last fall. The 4G edition would have broader compatibility worldwide, since the earlier network is far more established.

It will likely be a few months until we hear anything official about the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Samsung typically unveils its new watches in the summer alongside its Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip foldable phones. Last year, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch 8 and the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, but otherwise left the prior 2024 Ultra in the lineup for those looking for a larger 47mm smartwatch.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 8, #1032

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for April 8, No. 1032.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. The purple category is a fun one, once you see the connection. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: In the group.

Green group hint: Appearance details.

Blue group hint: Often found in gyms.

Purple group hint: They help you see.