In the end, this is what a dusting-like economy could look like
But if at least one counter remains on Ballista at all times, removing a counter from Ballista to ping itself will result in two more +1/+1 counters on the construct with the other replacement effects active
This might have been another reason to ban Emrakul, the Promised End in Standard, with both two or three card types in your graveyard and three or four artifacts in play, including Clue tokens, the Statuary itself, Servos and more, you could get an Emrakul for 5 or 6 mana
Then we can blink our creatures for value or exile threats when needed
If someone uses a copy of Wood Elves to fetch a forest, just flash Deep Gnome Terramancer out, and youll be ramping alongside them
We certainly wouldnt, look how cute it is