Make sure to counter at least one copy of it with Spell Pierce, keeping one Island untapped
Success means not a single spot of 60 wasted
Dies is shorthand for is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, and older cards may use the long-winded form in their rules text
Maybe Im Not Quite Done With This Deck After All There will always be tweaks to make, of course: Spellslinger decks tend to get swamped by big stompy creatures if the draw doesnt go your way, but after somehow packing a Confetti Foil version of Omniscience, if I can ride out potential awkward mid-games, I can start playing cards without their mana cost
The great thing about owning physical cards is that you can keep them, and keep playing with them until the ink wears off
Its not the only card with halves in its power/toughness, but its certainly one of the funnier ones