Upon defeating this Challenger this year from a Random Event like the Ice King gives, I got this response:
You have defeated Cranky Carrot 1 time!
You won a(n) Easy token to use in the battle shop!
This is wrong, there is no challenger that does as many icons of damage as this challenger is strong who is Easy. Especially so since it seems to be able to disable scrolls.
I noticed this as well. Probably an oversight from when it was an easier challenger last time.