mana glut

noun

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

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nounmana glut (countable and uncountable, plural mana gluts)

plural mana gluts · alternative mana-glut

  1. countableuncountableMagic: The GatheringThe condition of having or drawing too many mana sources and insufficient spells.

    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)
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    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)

    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

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

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