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John just trounced me with his Thallid deck.  I guess I had it coming; I was playing a vintage Viashino deck, lots of fast hitters, but I was always a little low on mana, and he must have seen that as a sign of weakness.  Mark was playing his Great White Wall deck, full of fat bodied defenders; Nick was playing an infect deck he was still trying to tune, and Rob had some weird combo deck.  They'd probably be going at it for another hour.  Me, I suddenly had lots of time to kill.  I walked over to the vending machine, got a Coke, and then it hit me.



Prayers from the Afterlife --
Instant
You may tear up two white cards you own instead of paying Prayers from the Afterlife's mana cost.
You may play Prayers from the Afterlife after you lose a game if other players are in that game.
Target player gains five life. If that player isn't you, he or she gains ten life instead.
Prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal to target player this turn. If that player isn't you, he or she gains that much life instead.


Heckling Tongue --
Instant
You may tear up two blue cards you own instead of paying Heckling Tongue's mana cost.
You may play Heckling Tongue after you lose a game if other players are in that game.
Counter target spell.


Pull into the Abyss --
Instant
You may tear up two black cards you own instead of paying Pull Into the Abyss's mana cost.
You may play Pull Into the Abyss after you lose a game if other players are in that game.
Exile target creature.  Its controller loses two life.


Goblin Kibitzing -- 
Instant
You may tear up two red cards you own instead of paying Goblin Kibitzing's mana cost.
You may play Goblin Kibitzing after you lose a game if other players are in that game.
The next time a source would deal damage to a creature or player this turn, choose one -- It deals one damage instead; or it deals four damage instead.


Yggdrasil's Tendrils --
Instant
You may tear up two green cards you own instead of paying Yggdrasil's Tendrils' mana cost.
You may play Yggdrasil's Tendrils after you lose a game if other players are in that game.
Target player puts three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield. If that player isn't you, he or she puts six 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield instead.

I suppose you really should have to have these in your hand when you lose the game to make use of them.  That's cramming an already crammed text box, though.

Yeah, I really wanted to go for effects that were more meddlesome than straight-up game changing.

Prayers from the Afterlife could probably become some sort of  Reverse Damage effect.

Heckling Tongue should probably offer the spell's controller some condolence, because otherwise it's just being a jerk.

Pull Into the Abyss -- I suppose the flavor is self-explanatory.

Yggdrasil's Tendrils is quite a boost for your team-mate if you choose to play it that way. 

I was thinking of making the player tear up Heckling Tongue as part of the alt. cost ... but that might make it difficult to tell what it does.