Metal Gear Solid

It's been a time for revivals here lately, with old features being dusted off and added to much as... well, this entire blog has been. In this case, we're bringing back another old favourite: theme decks.

Magic storylines... pretty nightmarish, right? Circuitous, overly-complicated, too many characters with impenetrable motives and unclear objectives: we've all been burned by trying to peek beneath the surface of the game. Well if you think that's bad, clearly you've never played the seminal Metal Gear Solid, which has enough twists and turns that you need a cause-and-effect diagram on the go and a military studies degree just to keep up. Regardless, it's a superb game, so obviously that means it will translate to superb Magic games, too. Sneak past blockers, choke out your opponent and even destroy some gearhulks metal gears along the way.


Characters

1 Covert Operative (Solid Snake)
1 Evil Twin (Liquid Snake)
1 Jhessian Infiltrator (Meryl Silverburgh)

1 Infantry Veteran (Colonel Campbell)

1 Master Decoy (DARPA Chief)

1 Research Assistant (Mei Ling)

1 Master of Arms (Natasha)

1 Telepathic Spies (Psycho Mantis)

1 Shaman of Forgotten Ways (Vulcan Raven)

1 Ninja of the Deep Hours (Gray Fox)

1 Dark Impostor (Decoy Octopus)
1 Matsu-Tribe Sniper (Sniper Wolf)

1 Body Double (Master Miller)

1 Battlefield Medic (Naomi)

1 Chief Engineer (Otacon)

1 Hired Torturer (Revolver Ocelot)

Items

1 Hidden Retreat (Cardboard Box)

1 Neurok Stealthsuit (Sneaking Suit)

1 Rocket Launcher (Nikita)

1 Smoke (cigarettes)

1 Voltaic Key (Card Key)

Events

1 Drastic Revelation ("Snake, did you like my sunglasses?")

1 Engineered Plague (FoxDie)

1 Guided Passage (Mice in the vents)
1 Kashi-Tribe Elite ("Just what I'd expect from the legendary Solid Snake.")

1 Ornithopter (Hind D)
1 Pit Trap

1 Power Armor (Metal Gear REX)

1 Mind Control ("Meryl, stand right where he can see you, and blow your brains out.")

1 Torture ("They called me Shalashaska")

1 Tracker ("Hey, whose footprints are these?")

1 Wolf Pack (Wolfhounds)

Themes

1 Blood Feud
1 Clone

1 Impending Disaster (nuclear launch)

1 Infiltrate

Locations

1 Arctic Flats

1 Boreal Shelf

1 Cold Storage (the warehouse)

1 Forbidding Watchtower (the communications tower)

1 Frost Marsh

1 Glaring Spotlight ( ! )

1 Highland Weald

1 Powerstone Minefield (electrified floor)

1 Rogue's Passage (the vents)

2 Sacred Foundry (the blast furnace)

2 Snow-Covered Forest

2 Snow-Covered Island

2 Snow-Covered Mountain

1 Snow-Covered Plains

1 Snow-Covered Swamp

1 Snow Fortress

2 Steam Vents

1 Subterranean Hangar

1 Tresserhorn Sinks