mtg all scarecrow cards Thornwatch destroy target permanent. Custom Magic: The Gathering Scarecrow

This is extremely marginal.

All these tokens youre creating benefit from anthem-type buffs like Intangible Virtue and Caretaker's Talent

In Giselas case, thats double damage for any source damaging opponents or their permanents, and incoming sources of damage halving, rounded up

This thing reminds me of the Thorian creeper from Mass Effect

The flavour text, however, talks about how deadly it is, which leads me to wonder if it was initially supposed to have an effect more similar to Deathtouch or even poison counters

Also, the fact that it was a "rare" card meant that it was positioned at or near the front of the starter decks or booster packs, which made it vulnerable to condition woes