In the art book for Innistrad they note that the Gitrog, who was already a proto-emrakul spawn, and other similar monster were farther wrapped and mutated and I do like the new card reflects that.
If that is true (I say if because I do not know) then they may have left it out to not show anything related to eldrazi. A few cards might have art hints, but it seemed like they tried yet again to have as little or no references to eldrazi, just like in Zendikar 3 where there was one whole card. You'd think when a chunk of the planet is turned bismuth and ivory webbing you'd maybe see some of that.
The whole story of Innistrad 3 was about the consequences of Emrakul being stuck in the moon, and trying to rectify them. It was stated that most of Emrakul's spawn vanished once she was in the moon, which makes sense considering they are basically a part of her. And still mutations and body horror all around on Innistrad, which is shown in a bunch of cards and linked to Emrakul without having to make card space for Eldrazi typed creatures (I think almost all "Horror" typed creatures in the set are caused by the continued influence of the sealed titan). So while I give you that Zendikar 3, in its quest to make people forget Battle for Zendikar existed, went overboard and made it seem like the Eldrazi never ravaged Zendikar at all, Innistrad 3 is definitely making an effort to show the consequences. And it is very much understandable that the citizens of Innistrad would simply not want to remember that time beyond describing it euphemistically as "The Travails".
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The whole story of Innistrad 3 was about the consequences of Emrakul being stuck in the moon, and trying to rectify them. It was stated that most of Emrakul's spawn vanished once she was in the moon, which makes sense considering they are basically a part of her. And still mutations and body horror all around on Innistrad, which is shown in a bunch of cards and linked to Emrakul without having to make card space for Eldrazi typed creatures (I think almost all "Horror" typed creatures in the set are caused by the continued influence of the sealed titan). So while I give you that Zendikar 3, in its quest to make people forget Battle for Zendikar existed, went overboard and made it seem like the Eldrazi never ravaged Zendikar at all, Innistrad 3 is definitely making an effort to show the consequences. And it is very much understandable that the citizens of Innistrad would simply not want to remember that time beyond describing it euphemistically as "The Travails".