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Each character has their own mana meter that can be expended to use magical attacks, in addition to more complex blocking, dashing, and parrying skills than what’s been seen in Dotemu’s previous releases.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The billionaire appeared unfamiliar with the game's core mechanics, such as mana and looting, and described his items as mediocre compared to his character's level, despite the items in question being considered among the best in the game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Like Blasphemous Act, Blasphemous Edict can reduce its cost to a one mana board wipe if there are enough creatures around, and like all ‘edicts’ makes players sacrifice creatures.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
The result: furniture redolent with the artist’s mana.
—Terry Dawson, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
The billionaire appeared unfamiliar with the game's core mechanics, such as mana and looting, and described his items as mediocre compared to his character's level, despite the items in question being considered among the best in the game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Like Blasphemous Act, Blasphemous Edict can reduce its cost to a one mana board wipe if there are enough creatures around, and like all ‘edicts’ makes players sacrifice creatures.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
The result: furniture redolent with the artist’s mana.
—Terry Dawson, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mana
Noun
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According to Buddhist worldviews, people are reborn in the hells when their bad karma severely outweighs their good karma.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
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Is this a case of Spygate karma, or is the Hall out of touch?—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Experimentation and evolution are the lifeblood of pop-ups.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Purple Line, which was originally planned to deliver commuters from San Ysidro through Southeast County to Mission Valley and Sorrento Mesa, will be a lifeblood for the South County transportation system when it is completed.—
Chris Roberts,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Mana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mana. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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