The Cure (Kavu Predator / False Cure)

[fonzdizon]

Anyone try a more traditional list? Like:

4 Tainted Remedy
4 False Cure
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Xantid Swarm
2 Kavu Predator
4 Invigorate
4 Skyshroud Cutter
3 Summoner's Pact
4 Reverent Silence
4 Bayou
1 Forest
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Thoughtseize
3 Punishing Fire
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Windswept Heath
1 Taiga

SB: 3 Refreshing Rain
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 4 Abrupt Decay
SB: 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
SB: 2 Surgical Extraction
SB: 1 Xantid Swarm

A few questions:
1) How did the deck-list play out for you?
2) Did splashing red make life-gain effects more consistent?
3) Have you considered running pyro/red elemental blast in your sideboard?