[Cheezeninja]

Mictlan starts out with the eminently useful spell bind fiend, so you really want to get your blood economy going fast because once you get about 10-12 of these babies you can mop the floor with indeps. Mictlan has the best blood hunter available in the mictlan priest. The fact that he's sacred (reducing upkeep) and recruitable everywhere can make mictlan a real blood powerhouse. Plus the tribal kings can create and lead slaves which are low upkeep patrollers for provinces where you blood hunt. I try to get a castle/lab/temple, 2 priests hunting with SDR, 1 priest sacrificing 2 per turn, and a tribal king patrolling in every province with >5000 population. With its rainbow mages mictlan can puruse almost any blood strategy you would like to try.

The real downside to mictlan is that it requires incredible micromanagement once you get larger, having to constantly balance taxes/unrest and constantly keep putting slaves on your sacrificers to spread your dominion.