310.11a As a Siege enters the battlefield, its controller must choose its protector from among their opponents
In fact, you cant separate the cards from the crime the connection is baked into the very name of the Japanese mafia
While you can have a figure present, try and make sure the figure is secondary to the landscape
But the reason for their disappearance is never directly explained, assuming the figure of the Piper is intended as allegory for what really happened
The Ring's emblem of temptation relies on players having good creatures that can attack effectively without being killed by blockers too easily, so the effect may be better used by creature-heavy decks that are already adept at pushing damage, or even control decks that can attack with a single, evasive creature to close out the game
This gift box personally took me many years to locate a sealed one, and I havent seen another one since