I have returned to this a number of times since, but it was not focused enough to do much this first time. Again, this was in the days of rapid turnover and little testing. The goal was to use things such as Funeral March and False demise to maintain parity or better in creatures, while using other cards to cause damage. Alchor's Tomb was a hack to get around protection. The 2.59 average, while modestly high, was acceptable when considering the 6/14/19/7 cure. I would have preferred a lower peak (the reverse would have been nice), but it was never going to happen in those days.