{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":3.0,"endTime":4.64,"body":"Hello"},{"startTime":3.0,"endTime":4.64,"body":"everyone, and welcome back to Powerful"},{"startTime":4.64,"endTime":6.48,"body":"Nothing and Magic"},{"startTime":4.64,"endTime":6.48,"body":"The Gathering Cube podcast."},{"startTime":6.48,"endTime":9.48,"body":"I'm your host, Dan,"},{"startTime":6.48,"endTime":9.48,"body":"and as always, I'm joined by James James."},{"startTime":9.48,"endTime":10.76,"body":"How have you been this week?"},{"startTime":10.76,"endTime":12.16,"body":"I forget I've been good."},{"startTime":12.16,"endTime":14.36,"body":"The UK continues to be very warm."},{"startTime":14.36,"endTime":18.8,"body":"We all can't cope with it,"},{"startTime":14.36,"endTime":18.8,"body":"but we're carrying on now will be fine."},{"startTime":18.8,"endTime":20.52,"body":"It's only it's only 30 degrees."},{"startTime":20.52,"endTime":23.84,"body":"We've got another five degrees"},{"startTime":20.52,"endTime":23.84,"body":"before we spend a full five minutes"},{"startTime":23.84,"endTime":26.0,"body":"complaining about the weather."},{"startTime":23.84,"endTime":26.0,"body":"But no. 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It's."},{"startTime":3600.32,"endTime":3602.04,"body":"This is also like a creature, right?"},{"startTime":3602.04,"endTime":3605.32,"body":"You know, and you can play it on"},{"startTime":3602.04,"endTime":3605.32,"body":"turn one and block with it if you want."},{"startTime":3606.0,"endTime":3609.2,"body":"And we can sacrifice it to itself"},{"startTime":3606.0,"endTime":3609.2,"body":"to ping that last point of damage"},{"startTime":3609.2,"endTime":3610.08,"body":"with the blood artist."},{"startTime":3610.08,"endTime":3613.52,"body":"Like, these are all important things"},{"startTime":3610.08,"endTime":3613.52,"body":"to kind of keep in mind"},{"startTime":3613.8,"endTime":3618.08,"body":"100% the I think the final thing"},{"startTime":3613.8,"endTime":3618.08,"body":"to just emphasize is,"},{"startTime":3620.32,"endTime":3623.44,"body":"You should have some idea"},{"startTime":3620.32,"endTime":3623.44,"body":"of whether you want"},{"startTime":3623.44,"endTime":3627.72,"body":"the aristocrat stack in your cube, Selene,"},{"startTime":3623.44,"endTime":3627.72,"body":"more aggressive or to be more mid-range,"},{"startTime":3627.92,"endTime":3630.92,"body":"maybe even looking to go"},{"startTime":3627.92,"endTime":3630.92,"body":"in a combo direction."},{"startTime":3631.6,"endTime":3635.44,"body":"And not to say"},{"startTime":3631.6,"endTime":3635.44,"body":"you can only do one of those,"},{"startTime":3636.6,"endTime":3638.76,"body":"but you need to think about it,"},{"startTime":3636.6,"endTime":3638.76,"body":"and you need to make sure"},{"startTime":3638.76,"endTime":3641.04,"body":"that your card choices"},{"startTime":3638.76,"endTime":3641.04,"body":"are actually coherent."},{"startTime":3641.04,"endTime":3643.08,"body":"You don't want it to be"},{"startTime":3643.08,"endTime":3647.28,"body":"all pulling in different directions,"},{"startTime":3643.08,"endTime":3647.28,"body":"because that's how you end up with,"},{"startTime":3648.36,"endTime":3651.36,"body":"with and how scout cyphers not really"},{"startTime":3651.84,"endTime":3653.6,"body":"all trying to achieve the same thing."},{"startTime":3653.6,"endTime":3657.04,"body":"And you can end up with something"},{"startTime":3653.6,"endTime":3657.04,"body":"that's very, very disjointed,"},{"startTime":3657.04,"endTime":3661.04,"body":"even when someone gets a bunch"},{"startTime":3657.04,"endTime":3661.04,"body":"of a good aristocrats card. So,"},{"startTime":3662.8,"endTime":3666.48,"body":"yeah, you can have multiple avenues,"},{"startTime":3662.8,"endTime":3666.48,"body":"but you just need to be aware"},{"startTime":3666.48,"endTime":3670.24,"body":"of what they are"},{"startTime":3666.48,"endTime":3670.24,"body":"and take any of those faces accordingly."},{"startTime":3671.12,"endTime":3672.12,"body":"Yeah, that's a great point, I think."},{"startTime":3672.12,"endTime":3675.92,"body":"So that's why when I had it in my cube"},{"startTime":3672.12,"endTime":3675.92,"body":"and I had it in rack"},{"startTime":3675.92,"endTime":3680.76,"body":"DOS is the aggressive one"},{"startTime":3675.92,"endTime":3680.76,"body":"and also was the more, grindy one."},{"startTime":3680.76,"endTime":3684.6,"body":"It was specifically the gold cards"},{"startTime":3680.76,"endTime":3684.6,"body":"that were pushing it in that direction."},{"startTime":3685.2,"endTime":3688.36,"body":"It was the gold cards that were making"},{"startTime":3685.2,"endTime":3688.36,"body":"the ragdoll stack more aggressive."},{"startTime":3688.64,"endTime":3692.36,"body":"It was the goal because I thought"},{"startTime":3688.64,"endTime":3692.36,"body":"making the ores of deck slower"},{"startTime":3692.36,"endTime":3695.64,"body":"and more grindy, the cards in the middle"},{"startTime":3692.36,"endTime":3695.64,"body":"were cause they could go into both."},{"startTime":3696.24,"endTime":3699.56,"body":"I wasn't trying to double dip"},{"startTime":3696.24,"endTime":3699.56,"body":"too much on either."},{"startTime":3699.56,"endTime":3701.88,"body":"And yeah, I think that's very important."},{"startTime":3699.56,"endTime":3701.88,"body":"Very good point there."},{"startTime":3704.0,"endTime":3704.44,"body":"All right."},{"startTime":3704.44,"endTime":3706.76,"body":"Marvelous, James. I think that's where"},{"startTime":3704.44,"endTime":3706.76,"body":"we're going to end it for today."},{"startTime":3706.76,"endTime":3707.04,"body":"Thank you."},{"startTime":3707.04,"endTime":3709.48,"body":"Man, that was a good little chat"},{"startTime":3707.04,"endTime":3709.48,"body":"on a very cool"},{"startTime":3709.48,"endTime":3712.92,"body":"and very popular archetype that yeah,"},{"startTime":3709.48,"endTime":3712.92,"body":"I always love seeing in the cube."},{"startTime":3713.48,"endTime":3716.12,"body":"Oh yeah. Lovely stuff. Thanks, Sam."},{"startTime":3716.12,"endTime":3716.56,"body":"Oh, good."},{"startTime":3716.56,"endTime":3719.04,"body":"Right. Just leads me to"},{"startTime":3716.56,"endTime":3719.04,"body":"thank you all very much for listening."},{"startTime":3719.04,"endTime":3720.92,"body":"You have been listening"},{"startTime":3719.04,"endTime":3720.92,"body":"to power for Nothing."},{"startTime":3720.92,"endTime":3723.48,"body":"Do make sure you like, share, subscribe,"},{"startTime":3720.92,"endTime":3723.48,"body":"all that good stuff."},{"startTime":3723.48,"endTime":3724.56,"body":"And until next week."},{"startTime":3724.56,"endTime":3727.08,"body":"We'll see you all"},{"startTime":3724.56,"endTime":3727.08,"body":"soon you'll take a goodbye."}]}