mana glut

See also: mana-glut

English

Alternative forms

• mana-glut

Noun

mana glut (countable and uncountable, plural mana gluts)

1. (Magic: The Gathering) The condition of having or drawing too many mana sources and insufficient spells.
   • 1997 May 22, Johnny Ace, “Re: My mana screw proposal: a defense”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎ (Usenet):

     Because he knows how to design his deck to avoid mana screw (or the opposite and usually equally deadly 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):

     Funny, I have gone as low as 16 land and my deck still had huge problems with mana glut.

   • 2000 March 9, Glenn Olson, “Re: Q regarding 9-land green”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎ (Usenet):

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mana glut.

Synonyms

• mana flood

Antonyms

• mana screw