Dion's Flying Squadron by user1894387

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white tribal aggro list built around Knights, Equipment, and go-wide token generation led by Dion, Bahamut's Dominant. Dion provides immediate value on entry by creating a 2/2 Knight token and giving all Knights flying during your turn. The deck curves into efficient Knight lords and damage amplifiers like Knight Exemplar, Puresteel Paladin, and Kinsbaile Cavalier to transform a modest token board into a lethal flying strike force. While the deck features top-tier spot removal in Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile, its reliance on multi-turn combat damage makes it susceptible to mass removal. Without tutors or stax elements, the game plan leans on steady natural draws, token engines such as Hero of Bladehold and Elspeth, Storm Slayer, and incremental draw engines like Idol of Oblivion and Minas Tirith to achieve a lethal table finish by turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Iceberg
  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Ajani's Response
  • 1 Ancestral Blade
  • 1 Aradesh, the Founder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beatrix, Loyal General
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Chosen by Heliod
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Deconstruction Hammer
  • 1 Destroy Evil
  • 1 Diamond Knight
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fate of the Sun-Cryst
  • 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 History of Benalia
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Indomitable Will
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Keep Out
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Kwende, Pride of Femeref
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Maul of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Odric's Outrider
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Path to Redemption
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 31 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rosa, Resolute White Mage
  • 1 Sandbenders' Storm
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Silver Knight
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slash of Light
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Offering
  • 1 Starnheim Memento
  • 1 Stormbeacon Blade
  • 1 Stormplain Detainment
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Alin, the Lion's Claw
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 United Battlefront
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 White Auracite