If either Character takes enough damage to overwhelm their willpower, they are banished and must be discarded
In gameplay, one of the biggest problems of hosts and augments is card disadvantage, so allowing you to get card advantage (aka drawing a card) by playing augment cards seemed like a clean solution
Known as a little creature that kind of follows you around for a bit, if a Tonberry actually hits you, you are guaranteed to die
And the possible reference to John Carpenters The Thing that many people asked about was merely a happy accident that ended up fitting perfectly in the set
If you suspend it, people will see it coming (plus you have to wait those five turns), but suspending the card can also be a deterrent to people putting out creatures that are overly large
Nazgl Battle-Mace narrowly beat out Tergrid, God of Fright for flavor and resilience to creature removal