They can't be the target of spells or abilities, their static abilities have no effect on the game, their triggered abilities can't trigger, they can't attack or block, and so on
Group hug cards generally benefit everyone, either by drawing cards, gaining life, providing mana, etc
What catches your eye with this art is the sinister nature of the wild animals alongside the equally wild and ready-to-kill person beside them
I hope my personal disdain for having spaceships, sonic screwdrivers, transforming robots and video game characters all mixed up into what was once a game with a strong medieval fantasy theme hasn't tainted my writing too much
City of Death seems to solidify that assumption, making treasure tokens and copying tokens