Summon: Bahamut
Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II — Destroy up to one target nonland permanent.
III — Draw two cards.
IV — Mega Flare — This creature deals damage equal to the total mana value of other permanents you control to each opponent.
Flying
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $42.78
- EDHREC rank
- #1553
Summon: Bahamut puts a massive flying body on the board and generates immediate value — the cost is steep, but the payoff is front-loaded enough that it demands an answer the turn it lands. In Yuna, Hope of Spira specifically, it's not a finisher you're hoping to stick; it's an engine piece that pulls ahead the moment it resolves.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yuna, Hope of Spira
Yuna, Hope of Spira runs Summon: Bahamut at nearly an 80% clip because it's one of the highest-ceiling summon targets her ability can fetch, turning her tutor-and-replay engine into a repeatable source of game-ending pressure.
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria wants the biggest, most impactful summon spells available, and Summon: Bahamut sits near the top of that list — Garnet's ability to cheat costs and recur spells makes the steep mana investment far less painful.
Terra, Magical Adept
Terra, Magical Adept rewards casting and copying high-impact spells, and Summon: Bahamut's raw power level means every time Terra doubles it or flickers the effect, you're getting outsized returns on a single card slot.
Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil cares about sagas and enchantments, and Summon: Bahamut slotting into that enchantment-matters shell gives the deck a top-end threat that still advances the saga synergy axis Tom Bombadil is built around.
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer milks value from sagas completing their final chapter, and Summon: Bahamut's chapter structure means Narci converts it directly into card advantage and life gain while also delivering a board-defining creature.
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 natural home for Summon: Bahamut — the singleton format rewards high-ceiling, build-around cards, and the multiplayer table gives you enough time to set up the mana. Outside Commander, Summon: Bahamut is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the mana cost and narrow synergy requirements make it a fringe consideration in any 60-card format where speed is at a premium. Legacy and Vintage move too fast to support it without significant ramp scaffolding that those formats rarely dedicate to a single threat. Standard and Pioneer offer the most realistic non-Commander home if a dedicated summon-spell or large-creature shell exists in the metagame, but that's a deck-building project, not a slam-dunk include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the $42 price tag for Summon: Bahamut is out of range, Sundering Titan and Blightsteel Colossus cover the "massive flying threat that demands immediate removal" role at a fraction of the cost in most big-mana shells, though they lack the specific summon-spell synergies that make Bahamut uniquely powerful in Yuna or Garnet decks. For pure board impact in an enchantment or saga shell, Primeval Titan and Toxrill, the Corrosive offer comparable late-game power at lower prices, with the trade-off that you lose the tribal synergy text and any commander-specific triggers tied to the Summon card type.
Price Context
Current price
$42.78 premium tier
At $42.78, Summon: Bahamut sits firmly in premium territory — this is a price point driven by its role as a chase rare in a specialty set with dedicated commander demand. It holds value as long as Yuna, Hope of Spira and Garnet, Princess of Alexandria remain popular build-arounds, but it's a card you buy because you're building the deck, not because you're speculating on the market.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Yuna, Hope of Spira
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Terra, Magical Adept
- Tom Bombadil
- Narci, Fable Singer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.