Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Knight // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon
Dragonfire Dive — During your turn, Dion and other Knights you control have flying.
When Dion enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.
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: Exile Dion, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $2.83
- EDHREC rank
- #4640
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light hits the board as a Knight that flips into a massive Dragon lord, giving the whole tribe flying and a steady stream of 4/4 Dragon tokens on each end step — the payoff is enormous. The cost is a six-mana front face with a flip condition that demands both damage dealt and a Knights-matter shell, which means it does nothing outside the decks built for Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir and its kin.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir is the natural home — it floods the board with Knights, fuels the combat damage needed to flip Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, and then turns the resulting Dragon tokens into a secondary win condition that opponents weren't prepared for.
Cecil, Dark Knight
Cecil, Dark Knight leans on Knights and transformation themes, so Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light slots in as both a tribal piece and a high-ceiling top-end that rewards the aggressive combat steps Cecil wants to take.
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria summons a rotating cast of legendary creatures, and Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light delivers a legendary Knight on one side and a legendary Dragon lord on the other — both halves count toward her game plan.
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant runs a Dominant-tribal package by design, and Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light is an on-theme include that also provides a Dragon-token engine once flipped, giving the deck reach it otherwise lacks.
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale equips and attacks with Knights repeatedly, which charges the flip condition on Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light without any extra setup — Bahamut's end-step tokens then become additional equipped attackers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light is genuinely competitive, because the Knight tribal infrastructure needed to flip it reliably only exists at the 100-card singleton scale. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, a six-mana creature that requires a combat-damage flip condition to reach its payoff is too slow and too conditional against efficient removal. Legacy and Vintage offer the raw power to support it theoretically, but neither format cares about Knights at that mana cost. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it could pull weight, particularly as a signature spell target in a Knights shell, but that's a narrow case.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.83 cheap tier
At $2.83, Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light sits in the budget-rare tier — cheap enough that Knight commanders have no excuse to leave it out. Demand is real but concentrated in a specific tribal niche, so the price is unlikely to spike dramatically unless Knights gets a major new commander push.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- Cecil, Dark Knight
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
- Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.