Some of my favorite memories from college were dorm drafts where one of us would walk to our local game store, buy a box of the latest set, and wed all gather that night to draft
Suddenly you could splash Twisted Abomination and a single Swamp - if you drew the Swamp, you could play the Abomination, and if you didn't draw the Swamp and drew the Abomination, you could fetch the Swamp and thin your deck
Getting to at least seven cards in the graveyard isnt too hard, especially in a spellslinger deck, so drawing those three cards will be easy
Ive eschewed cards like Fact or Fiction, Compulsive Research, and Thirst for Knowledge in favor of the 1cc spells because I want to use artifacts to generate my card advantage if Im spending 3-4 mana
Paired with just about any mill effect you can think of, Rise is the ultimate awakening