Helping sapphire build up your ink reserves faster than the standard one-a-turn are a number of effects that allow you to add the top card of your deck to your inkwell, or even turn cards into ink as theyre banished
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben slows your development, but youll eventually draw lands and play around it unless youre playing Storm
Armed with Proof, Arterial Alchemy, Dan Lewis, and Gemcutter Buccaneer: Each of these cards has an ability that turns some kinds of non-equipment artifacts into equipment
Given that Gilded Drake is so good because it lets you steal creatures with really high mana values, I have a feeling Volatile Stormdrake is going to have a hard time living up to its legacy
But that would not get it into A tier on its own
You need to toss more basic land art this guy's way