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

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

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

Mana cost: {3}{W}

How we read this card

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

static — grants a keyword

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

triggered — makes a token

Exile Dion, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {4}{W}{W}, {T} —

activated {4}{W}{W}, {T} — blinks a permanent

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
Wings of Light — Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until end of turn.

triggered — puts a counter on it

triggered — grants a keyword

Gigaflare — Destroy target permanent. Exile Bahamut, then return it to the battlefield .

triggered —

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

Flying

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: create a Knight creature token, put a Knight creature token onto the battlefield, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, put a counter on a creature, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a Knight it grants abilities to.

Works well with

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Nezumi Freewheeler // Hideous Fleshwheeler — can bring back
  2. Cache Grab — can bring back
  3. Neyam Shai Murad — can bring back
  4. Seed of Hope — can bring back
  5. Rapid Rescue — can bring back
  6. Wasteful Harvest — can bring back
  7. Wrenn and Realmbreaker — can bring back

120 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Liability — When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Liability makes a player lose 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light:

  1. Prince of Thralls — brings a card back
  2. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  3. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  4. Sarulf, Realm Eater — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light leaves the battlefield, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light leaves the battlefield:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light counters as it enters

487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Knight attacks — 547 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Knights' Charge — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light attacks, Knights' Charge makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Knight deals combat damage — 547 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Exsanguinator Cavalry — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light deals combat damage, Exsanguinator Cavalry puts a counter on a permanent

a Knight enters the battlefield — 592 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When a Knight enters thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light:

  1. Brimstone Trebuchet — untaps itself
  2. Zhalfirin Lancer — gets +1/+1

a Knight creature it grants types to — 596 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragoon's Lance — Dragoon's Lance gives Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light an extra creature type

595 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Evolution Witness — When Evolution Witness gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, it brings a card back
  2. Scurry Oak — When Scurry Oak gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, it makes a token
  3. Fathom Mage — When Fathom Mage gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, it draws you 1 card
  4. Hollowmurk Siege — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Hollowmurk Siege draws you 1 card
  5. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Ant-Man, Colony Commander makes a token
  6. Earth Kingdom General — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Earth Kingdom General gains you that much life
  7. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute deals that much damage
  8. Shalai and Hallar — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Shalai and Hallar deals that much damage
  9. Danny Pink — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Danny Pink draws you 1 card
  10. Enduring Scalelord — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light, Enduring Scalelord puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

35 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When a Knight enters thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light makes a Knight token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When a Knight enters thanks to Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light makes a Knight token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light leaves the battlefield:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light leaves the battlefield:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  3. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  4. Sally Sparrow — triggers

29 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

157 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Dion is one).

When Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.