So, I got the new populate precon, and I was wondering about how these would all interact. Doomed Artisan creates */* Sculpture tokens, however states they cannot attack or block until Doomed Artisan is gone.. Ghired, Conclave Exile creates tokens tapped and attacking. Would these tokens still attack when created by Ghired? I figure they would indeed attack, but I'd rather get an answer now then have my friends and I bicker over how the interaction works when we play again.
If an effect puts a creature onto the battlefield attacking (as with Ghired's second ability [review C.R. 701.29a]), the creature will be attacking this way regardless of any "requirements or restrictions that apply to the declaration of attackers" (C.R. 508.4c, 508.4); however, "for the purposes of ... effects", such as that of Doomed Artisan's first ability, such a creature "never 'attacked'" (C.R. 508.4).
Doomed Artisan, Sculptures, and Ghired.