Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light (Dion, Bahamut's Dominant)

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Knight // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon

Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light

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The Commander

Dragonfire Dive — During your turn, Dion and other Knights you control have flying.

When Dion enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

{4} {W} {W} , {T} : Exile Dion, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)

I, II — Wings of Light — Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until end of turn.

III — Gigaflare — Destroy target permanent. Exile Bahamut, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Flying

Guide

Gameplan

Dion is a mono-white Knights/go-wide commander that builds a board of bodies, then flips into Bahamut to pump the whole team twice and grant flying for surprise alpha strikes. You deploy creatures and anthems early, transform Dion when the board is wide, ride the Wings of Light counters to lethal flying damage, and use Gigaflare as a removal reset that also resets the Saga to do it again. Mono-white lets you lean on efficient stax, taxes, and the deepest catalog of white token and anthem effects.

Strengths

Repeatable two-counter team pump plus evasion makes go-wide boards close games fast.
Bahamut's Gigaflare is flexible, recurring removal for any permanent type.
Commander provides built-in token bodies and Knight synergy on cast.
Mono-white access to strong stax, taxes, and cheap mass token producers.

Weaknesses

Mono-white card draw and ramp are historically weak.
Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your go-wide investment.
Flipping costs plus a tap, a real tempo and mana sink.
No reach or interaction in combat outside the team buff; relies on creatures resolving.

Key Cards

Skullclamp — Mono-white's best card advantage engine, turning 2/2 tokens into a steady draw flow.
Smothering Tithe — Fixes white's mana problems and fuels the expensive transform cost.
Anointed Procession — Doubles every token you make, supercharging the go-wide plan.
Cathars' Crusade — Each creature entering stacks counters, multiplying with Wings of Light for massive swings.
Benalish Marshal — On-color Knight anthem that widens the gap with Dion's flying buff for evasive damage.

Upgrade Path

Add ramp and card advantage to offset white's weaknesses with Smothering Tithe, Land Tax, Skullclamp, and Welcoming Vampire-style draw. Lean into token doublers (Anointed Procession, Mondrak) and counter payoffs (Cathars' Crusade) to make each board buff lethal, and include protection like Teferi's Protection and Flawless Maneuver against wipes. For higher power, add Akroma's Will and an Approach of the Second Sun or a wide-board overrun like Craterhoof-equivalent white finishers such as True Conviction.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Wide flying alpha strike after one or two Wings of Light triggers.
▸Anthem-stacked tokens overwhelming through evasion.
▸Cathars' Crusade plus team pump creating oversized attackers.
▸Grinding incremental advantage while Gigaflare picks off blockers and key permanents.

Archetypes

Tokens / Go-Wide — Dion makes bodies, and Bahamut's repeatable team pump plus flying turns any wide board into lethal.
Knights Tribal — Dragonfire Dive grants Knights flying, rewarding a dedicated Knight build.
+1/+1 Counters — Wings of Light layers counters every Saga chapter, synergizing with counter payoffs.
Stax / Taxes — Mono-white offers Thalia-style taxes and hatebears to protect a developing board.