mana flood

noun

mana flood

noun
1

The condition of having or drawing too many mana sources and insufficient spells.

Magic: The Gathering

  • If you do anything about the mana screw problem, you increase the probability of a mana flood even further.1997 October 30, Warrl kyree Tale'sedrin [uername], “Re: Too many cards?”, 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):
1 more example
  • Include some cycling lands too and the threat of mana flood pretty much vanishes.1999 November 10, Trevor Barrie, “Alternative green control deck”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
Synonyms
mana glut
Antonyms
mana screw

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