Yes, creature tokens, including populated copies, enter the battlefield, so any cards that care about creatures/creature tokens entering the field would trigger with populate
4 Takeno, Samurai General Bushido isnt the most well-regarded mechanic among Magic fans, owing to its underwhelming simplicity, but it becomes a lot more exciting when paired with Kondas right-hand man, Takeno
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For example, Charizard would normally be a Stage 2 card, and the player would need to place a Charmander on the Bench or Active position and evolve it into Charmeleon before it could then be evolved into Charizard
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For as long as that card remains exiled, you may cast it and spend mana of any color to do so