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MGmirkin#16543 commented
No, it DOESN'T. And it's NOT SUPPOSED TO.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-questions/can-you-exile-return-a-token/
Tokens that leave the battlefield cease to exist and cannot be "returned," unlike physical cards/creatures. Tokens are basically ephemera. If you bounce it, it ceases to exist. If you destroy or exile it, it ceases to exist. So, effects like exile-and-return DO NOT WORK on tokens.
The functionality of Arena is correct in that respect. This is NOT a bug, it is correct/expected functionality.
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MGmirkin#16543 commented
I cast Ixalan's Binding on Draugr Necromancer. My opponent cast Feign Death, the text of which says that if a creature DIES return it to the battlefield tapped with a +1/+1 counter.
Exile IS NOT "death." Exile never hits the graveyard and does not trigger "dies" effects.
Destroy? DIES.
Sacrifice? DIES.
Exile? DOESN'T DIE, just goes straight into Exile, do not pass go, do not collect $200.Lost the game 'cause of that coding error. Feign death SHOULD NOT circumvent Ixalan's Binding (either circumvent it going to exile and/or preventing it from being recast).
"A creature or planeswalker does not die if a replacement effect sends it to another zone (usually Exile), similar to tokens that are put into a zone other than the graveyard. They cease to exist, but abilities that check if a creature or planeswalker dies do not trigger."
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Dies