I wanted to make sure this works as I understand it. Please do correct any issues with how I describe this, too.
A player has a Zaxara, the Exemplary on the field and some number of other creatures, then casts an x-cost spell that can target their own creatures, such as The Crowd Goes Wild, Open into Wonder, etc. Assuming x>0, the token Zaxara makes could not be chosen as a target of the spell, since the choice of targets has to be made as part of the process of casting the card (601.2c), and so only after the choosing of targets would Zaxara's third ability trigger (601.2i) and create the token, corret?
Correct. A triggered ability like Zaxara's that triggers upon casting a spell doesn't trigger and go on the stack until the casting process for the spell is done. Since you need to choose targets during the casting process of the spell, any token that Zaxara would eventually make because of the casting of this X spell is very far from existing as you choose the spell's target(s). You can't target something that doesn't exist yet.
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Correct. In fact Zaxara's last ability won't resolve immediately after the spell in question is cast, but rather, only after all players pass in a row while that ability is on top of the stack (C.R. 603.2, 117.4).
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A player has a Zaxara, the Exemplary on the field and some number of other creatures, then casts an x-cost spell that can target their own creatures, such as The Crowd Goes Wild, Open into Wonder, etc. Assuming x>0, the token Zaxara makes could not be chosen as a target of the spell, since the choice of targets has to be made as part of the process of casting the card (601.2c), and so only after the choosing of targets would Zaxara's third ability trigger (601.2i) and create the token, corret?