I love this mini
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. Nice play on its giant mouth too.
In regards to end-game, figures off the battlefield are considered to be destroyed. This exists for the Airborne Elite, who may never drop before the end and the Rechets, who may never be summoned. On the opposite side, where a figure who does start off on the board, if it is removed for whatever reason, it is still considered destroyed for end game. Marro Gnids (of C3V fame), do this with Cling.
I really dig customs that open up these questions. If these things didn't exist, we'd never get to a stronger spot of customs making.