I pass the turn, planning to Abrade my opponents Goblin Rabblemaster on their main phase, to give me more time to find a creature for Sneak Attack
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It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard
Its very easy to hit something with Bear Down, and in the case of this card even hitting a token of some kind is acceptable, because you dont use up an entire card to do it, since later in the game you get an efficient creature that is hard to block
The only problem is that the populate effect goes on the stack first if you cast a spell that makes a token, so its better to cast this after you already have some tokens
Part of what makes Elenda such a problematic creature is the fact that after damage is dealt to creatures and players, state-based actions are checked to determine which permanents should leave the battlefield