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mana screw

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

Noun

mana screw (uncountable)

  1. (Magic: The Gathering) The condition of having an insufficient supply of (the correct color of) mana.
    • Because he knows how to design his deck to avoid mana screw (or the opposite and usually equally deadly mana glut).1997 May 22, Johnny Ace, “Re: My mana screw proposal: a defense”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)
    • Also, I think that not enough shuffling in Magic tends to result in very poor hands, characterized by mana screw or mana flood.1999 August 9, Ben Kidwell, “Re: Stat:Randomness Theory [Was Cheating S.O.Bs]”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)

Verb

mana screw (third-person singular simple present mana screws, present participle mana screwing, simple past and past participle mana screwed)

  1. (Magic: The Gathering) To affect with this condition.
    • Game 1 and 2 I get horribly manascrewed. I never have more than 2 lands.1997 November 11, Manuel Bevand, “GP Como (Italy) Report”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)
    • Opponent, on the other hand, can't cast more than one spell a turn without manascrewing himself (less than that if you have multiple Breaches), and can never use the Oath or even dump his hand to prevent you from using it., Chris Byler, “Re: [G-Tech] A real try at Oath of Scholars”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)

Antonyms of mana screw

Forms of mana screw

Noun
alternative formmana-screw
alternative formmanascrew
Verb
third-person singular presentmana screws
present participlemana screwing
past participlemana screwed
pastmana screwed

Questions about mana screw

What does mana screw mean?
Mana screw means the condition of having an insufficient supply of (the correct color of) mana.
What part of speech is mana screw?
Mana screw can be a noun or a verb.

Words near mana screw in the dictionary

  1. mana floods
  2. mana glut
  3. mana gluts
  4. mana point
  5. mana points
  6. mana screw
  7. mana shuffle
  8. mana shuffled
  9. mana shuffles
  10. mana shuffling
  11. mana weave

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