Edit: Large part of the review was based on the faulty ruling on the internet I found about placing and moving damage. It seems that after all moving does include placing damage. It is intuitive, but because whole process of "taking damage" is so complex in this game I was convinced that placing damage is part of it. Now I focus back on my initial idea.
Most important aspect of this card came unnoticed in other reviews: ability to play it on others. Most of the investigators who can take it basically either have other cards to play into their arcane or body slots or have low willpower or just generally wouldn't make good use of it.
The only investigator that is perfect for this card and has access to is Holy Muldoony ideally paired with Holy Rosary, Favor of the Sun and Ancient Covenant. However, for some reason there is no decklist like that on the ArkhamDB.
Lets look at the list of investigators that would make good use of this card, but have no access to it.
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Calvin Wright: +high willpower if insane; + nothing to put into arcane slot; + Would gladly accept extra protection from other investigators.
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Daniela Reyes mid willpower; +nothing to put into arcane slot; ++high combo potential, she needs those damages.
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Warden (but you can consider assistant too) Hank Samson: mid willpower; + nothing to put into arcane slot; + He really needs tanking support when resolute;
So if you are in a team with one of those investigators, you should highly consider taking this card if you can and if you play one of those talk with your friends about including it in their deck. Remember about this combo, when playing two handed solo!
Who is perfect as a pair? William Yorick can replay this card from his discard pile making Calvin Wright indestructible god. Most investigators can take it, especially Carson Sinclair. In Carolyn Fern it's a little bit of no-bo, as she cannot heal the horror from it. Support Diana Stanley is also a good choice. I don't see it in "Skids" O'Toole or Joe Diamond, but if your buddy wants to play such pair than why not?
This is certainly niche card fitting only certain decks and sometimes asking for extra support, but for some investigators it can really shine. It has been a while since it came out and it is still unnoticed to this day.