No symbols or rules text of the permanent it melds into are considered.
And frankly, this was very, very close to my number one cycle
While I can imagine situations where the ability is amazing and allows you to kill two opponents out of nowhere and win the game, this still requires getting in combat damage, not just with a single creature, but with your entire team
Notably, melded permanents can't enter transformed, and modal double-faced permanents can't enter transformed, even if they enter with their back faces up
New card types in the Final Fantasy set include double-faced cards and Saga Creatures for powerful gameplay
In Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the two things have been fused