Yes, bouncing a land is a tempo swing, but so is stopping your opponents from casting a spell
Instead of focusing on the literal mind-warping effects of Emrakul, it represents the sheer fear the haunted house sows among its people, largely through Valgavoth, Terror Eaters ability to animate the nightmares of those surviving the House
Individually these effects are marginal: but combined they form a card that was so good, many non-red blue base decks started playing red just to get it (plus Flametongue Kavu, to be perfectly fair)
From the perspective of selling cards, rarities have a whole different purpose
Copies of melded creatures simply have the attributes of the melded creature on a single card or token
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