Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SCD — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #32 of *Starter Commander Decks*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Starter Commander Decks release.
Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{W} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Populate.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #1,296 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Mark Zug. Rarix catalogs 838 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Mark Zug
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The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
Rootborn Defenses affects only creatures you control after populating at the time it resolves. The creature token you create will gain indestructible, but creatures you begin to control later in the turn will not.
