Japanese No Rarity Expansion Pack SPOILER: Click to show 600800 168 KB This Japanese Set is the origin of the Pokmon TCG and was released on October 20th, 1996
They don't reveal a card for each nontoken creature they shuffle into their library
Evasion is evasion, although this is no flying
Being able to force opponents to tap down artifacts, creatures, or lands based on the number of fading counters on it was an important cog in slowing down aggro strategies at the time
From the reforged shards of Narsil to the gifts given to the Fellowship, the Noldorin daggers to the Palantri, and the Rings of Power themselves theres a lot of potential for artifacts
If you want to get a holistic understanding of the format macro-archetypes and dynamics that frame Modern's banlist, I recommend checking out Reid Duke's course on Modern