[Nerfix]

I think that early Mictlan, especially if played by a computer, is a paper jaguar. Their troops are weak (let's not talk about dualbless Jag Warriors, the chance of seeing those W9F9 monstrosities from comp is a small one) and you might even be able to out-dominion them.

And their castle towers use slings. IIRC.

Using cavalry sound good, and I *think* tramplers could be useful. But getting them is hard.