Cry of the Carnarium

In Commander, Cry of the Carnarium earns its slot as a cheap, exile-stapled board wipe against the token and aristocrats decks that dominate the format — two mana at sorcery speed is a real cost, but the exile clause makes it a hard answer rather than a soft one. In Pioneer and Modern, it occupies a narrow sideboard role: it answers Young Pyromancer tokens and Cauldron Familiar loops cleanly, but the sorcery speed and toughness ceiling mean it misses too many relevant threats to see main-deck play. Legacy has enough cheap interaction that a two-mana sorcery wipe rarely makes the cut. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamic closely, where cheap sweepers with exile upside are premium.