Sure, Populate was fine in Standard - this article from 2013 is a nice snapshot of the kinds of things I was doing with Voice of Resurgence at the time, and Ryan did a lot of work with the build
Ichiga, Who Topples Oaks Legendary Creature Spirit Trample Remove a ki counter from Ichiga: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn
Start your engines, folks
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This isn't the first time we've seen a misprinted Magic: The Gathering card
If Phyrexian Fleshgorger is no longer on the battlefield at the time the ward ability resolves, use the power it had the last time it was on the battlefield to determine how much life that player must pay (though if Phyrexian Fleshgorger was the only target, the spell has no legal targets anymore and hence it would not resolve even if they pay the life)