This thread is quite amusing, I love the hivemind like process most of you guys are on.
"We have" is my drinking game for this thread. Thankfully I'm not in the hospital. I respect Z's opinion but oye. That said, I don't think it's *quite* that bad this time.
I would favor reprisal since it stops regeneration which is going to be relevant with BG of any flavor.
On the threaten, it is the strive that might make it playable right now. To make it decent vs mbc, I think you have to go scorched earth. In a heavy creature build, it worked fine because taking demon cleared two blockers which was enough for the win right there.
Back on Trouble, I want that spell to consistantly do 5 damage or I just don't like it. I'm still
using it on MTGO but when Journey goes live there, I'm taking a serious look at it since in my cockatrice games, the new cards are letting them dump their hand too fast for my liking. Might be too small a sample though.
I am a sucker for mana dumps though. I miss truefire paladin being good last season.