Not only that, she can also choose to populate each turn for only two mana, which would further give the player the upper hand especially if they're populating a copy token of an important creature they control
The point of these is to flip Sephiroth back to his front side, that way you can trigger him again and stack another emblem once he transforms
However, in Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist's case, it seems that Wizards forgot that the card (and how it plays) matters too
Her Spiritual Leader ability allows her to put a +1/+1 counter on one of your creatures during each of your combat steps to buff them up and enable some of the synergies in the deck that care about counters
And it's more of a long-term collection goal
To date, only a very limited number of official metal cards have been released by The Pokmon Company, giving them a unique position in the hobby.