Taken by Nightmares

Unconditional creature exile at instant speed is the premium tier of black removal, the kind of answer that historically demanded a real premium in mana or a downside stapled on. What black almost never gets is exile without qualification: no "nonblack," no "you don't control," no drawback for the opponent. The four-mana price is what pays for that clean text, and it's a fair rate for an answer that ignores indestructible, dodges death triggers, and shuts off recursion outright. The scry 2 is the enchantment payoff bolted onto the frame, a small nudge toward the kind of deck that already leans on Auras, sagas, and enchantment-matters synergies. It costs nothing when it whiffs and smooths a draw when it hits, which is exactly the right weight for a conditional rider: it never gates the removal, it only sweetens it. The design is doing two jobs at once without letting either compromise the other, and the instant speed is the load-bearing detail. Being able to hold up unconditional exile through a combat step or in response to an activated ability turns this from a clean answer into a reactive one, the kind you leave up rather than spend on your own turn.