mana glut
noun1
The condition of having or drawing too many mana sources and insufficient spells.
Magic: The Gathering
- 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):
- Funny, I have gone as low as 16 land and my deck still had huge problems with mana glut.1998 May 31, Broccoli! [username], “Re: Why Sage owl is better than that Janky Impulse”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
1 more example
- And in my experience where 2 lands makes the difference between constant mana screw and constant mana glut in the deck, that compromise seems damn sweet.2000 March 9, Glenn Olson, “Re: Q regarding 9-land green”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
- Synonyms
- mana flood
- Antonyms
- mana screw