One of the biggest hurdles for Storm and Spellslinger decks is being able to refuel on cards once the ball starts rolling and, with some careful planning, Lock And Load can be the perfect tool to keep your turn going as obnoxiously long as possible
In the first part of this wave - Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch - the tribe featured more with the addition of comprehensive value cards that were vampires, such as Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet and Defiant Bloodlord
Also I have a problem with " these cards were very likely released as giveaway promotions on a smaller level after the release of Red and Green" you need to back statements up like this with real sources
Interestingly, until 2012 there was no Dragon Pokemon card type, so at the time this Dragonite was printed, it would typically have been Colorless, not a specific Dragon typing
Some items have passive abilities that always work like Coconut Basket