[Gandalf Parker]

Of course truisms are only true depending on circumstances.
The other truism is that certain pretenders piled with earth magic are the obvious best choice.

On the other hand, when you look at the actual game results it seems that often the earth gods dont do very well. And that the biggest problem with nature nations is when they are played like earth nations. But I guess that is usually chalked up to the play rather than any kindof disproof of a truism.