mana screw

Definitions

1. 1

   The condition of having an insufficient supply of (the correct color of) mana.

   • Because he knows how to design his deck to avoid mana screw (or the opposite and usually equally deadly mana glut).
   • Also, I think that not enough shuffling in Magic tends to result in very poor hands, characterized by mana screw or mana flood.
   • This is why we occasionally experience "mana screw" (too little mana) and "mana flood" (too much mana), even though the mana sources are randomly distributed throughout the deck.
2. 2

   To affect with this condition.

   • Game 1 and 2 I get horribly manascrewed. I never have more than 2 lands.
   • Opponent, on the other hand, can't cast more than one spell a turn without manascrewing himself (less than that if you have multiple Breaches), and can never use the Oath or even dump his hand to prevent you from using it.
   • In game 2, I am again sort of manascrewed, as I am held to 3 lands, 2 Springs and a Mountain.

The neighborhood

• antonymmana flood
• antonymmana glut