Nesting Dovehawk

three generic mana one white mana Creature — BirdPower and toughness2/2

Flying

At the beginning of combat on your turn, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Whenever a creature token you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

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Nesting Dovehawk rulings

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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.
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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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The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
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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.
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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.
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If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.

Nesting Dovehawk keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.