color screw

plural color screws · alternative color-screw · alternative colorscrew · alternative colour screw

1. countableuncountableMagic: The GatheringThe 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)

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   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)

   Although I agree with you that playing three colours is good, the point of Karl was that he wanted to avoid color screw.

   2001 July 3, dIMITRI, “Re: Drafting IBC”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)