It also has a unique ability where, for one black and one red mana, it becomes a 2/3 black and red Insect creature with menace until end of turn
if you transform Emet-Selch too early, you run the risk of running out of cards in your graveyard before you can defeat your enemies
Whether in your hand or already on the field, you can just pump it up until it has enough counters to remove and kill your opponents at instant speed
Next, you will need something to store your cards in
Also, try to protect your board with interaction and recursion losing your entire army to a board wipe will be devastating
Not to mention, if you're looking at an older core set card from before Sixth Edition , there may not even be an expansion symbol at all