Well, that's good news :-).
From Comic Book Resources:
Didio also said the Trickster and Pied Piper have a "hard road ahead and nothing's going to be easy with them." McKeever added that in the February issue he's writing, "something really bad happens to them."
They're both around in February? I guess this solicitation from November...
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 25-22
Story by Paul Dini
Breakdowns by Keith Giffen
25 script by Adam Beechen and art by Carlos Magno
24 script by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Al Barrionuevo
23 script by Paul Dini and art by Tom Derenick
22 script by Tony Bedard and art by Manuel Garcia
Covers 25, 24 and 22 by Claudio Castellini; Cover 23 by J.G. Jones
The countdown continues with a new name and even bigger thrills! Karate Kid makes it to the bunker in Blüdhaven and confronts both Firestorm and the Atomic Knights! Jimmy Olsen enslaved on Apokolips! Mary Marvel not enslaved on Apokolips! The Monitor, Jason Todd and Donna Troy home in on Ray Palmer’s trail! Desaad takes control! Lex Luthor kidnapped - but by whom? Trickster and Piper: One will live…one will die! And Mister Mxyzptlk explains it all! Plus, more DC VILLAINS origin backup stories, including: Desaad and Mr. Mxyzptlk!
...would probably be hyperbole then :-).
Incidentally, 'something really bad happens to them?' What, as opposed to what's been happening to them for the last dozen issues? :-)