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
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This is one of those themes that actually started out pretty handily in three colors and has persisted pretty uniformly
9 Blex, Vexing Pest For Blex A unique commander in a number of ways, Strixhavens unofficial mascot is a true champion of the downtrodden, serving as a lord not just for Insects, but also Pests, Bats, Snakes, and Spiders too
Inspiring Unicorn Inspiring Unicorn is pretty un inspiring, actually
Threshold Put a 2/2 flying NAME creature token into play if you have ten or more cards in your graveyard