The short description of that card is ripped from the 2E DMG, as is most of the long version except for a change of "speaks like an automaton" to the current coma. Soul Bind spell in core does something similiar to the card, but causes con damage each day as the body has no soul (but if you can afford a 9th level spell, you can afford daily Lesser Restorations). The other things that effect the soul are the many ways to kill someone and make them unable to be rezzed.
As for removing the soul and keeping the body functioning, that's lich and any of its many variants.