This deck is also comprised of the three worst guilds. With 4 aggressive creatures with evasion out of the DGM pack, I would've focused on drafting solely in those colors or enablers. Phytoburst isn't unplayable, but it's darn near close. Usually cards that accelerate inevitability should go to slots that can interact with your opponent's board.
RTR was a format where you played the table, so to speak. People were greedy, so yeah, they tended to play durdly decks that gained a lot of power on turn 6 or turn 7. If you could find a way to play under them or go over the top, you usually won your pod. In that sense, as with most limited formats, being able to play 2 colors was much more powerful and rewarding in the short- and mid-game than in the long-game. Additionally, in mana-sink cards like Beetleform Mage, you're losing out in consistency by not dedicating enough sources to pumping her while also reserving mana to cast additional spells--those 4 black sources, I mean. With that in mind, I think I would've fielded something like this:
1 crosstown courier
1 shambleshark
2 beetleform mage
2 wind drake
1 tower drake
1 crocanura
1 slaughterhorn
2 opal lake gatekeepers
2 korozda monitor
1 mindeye drake
1 voidwielder
1 diluvian primordial
1 nimbus swimmer
2 mizzium skin
2 hands of binding
1 agoraphobia
1 krasis incubation
1 dimir guildgate
1 simic guildgate
8 forest
7 island
It's not particularly fast in of itself (not enough 2-drops; probably needs one more), but it becomes devastating to deal with by turn 5 or 6 when you have a board full of evasive creatures as well as stuff gumming up the ground.
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