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color screw

color screw noun: the condition of having an insufficient supply of the correct color of mana.

Noun

color screw (countable and uncountable, plural color screws)

  1. (Magic: The Gathering) The condition of having an insufficient supply of the correct color of mana.
    • But with multis, and other mana sources, you can lessen the odds of a color screw.1995 July 29, Chuck Cochems, “Re: Type I/II and Origins - an observation”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet)
    • I'm so afraid of color screw, that I have 10 lands that produce both colors of mana and right now, its^([sic]) really hurting me.1997 October 27, Jamie, “My Necro toruney report and tempest small report”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)

Forms of color screw

pluralcolor screws
alternative formcolor-screw
alternative formcolorscrew
alternative formcolour screw

Questions about color screw

What does color screw mean?
Color screw means the condition of having an insufficient supply of the correct color of mana.
What part of speech is color screw?
Color screw is a noun.
What is the plural of color screw?
The plural of color screw is color screws.

Words near color screw in the dictionary

  1. color pop
  2. color pops
  3. color proud
  4. color revolution
  5. color revolutions
  6. color screw
  7. color screws
  8. color separation
  9. color separations
  10. color space
  11. color spaces

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