Noob Question: Capture Enemy Castle

[llamabeast]

Your army sounds good by the way, and researching and casting Wind Guide is excellent work for a beginner.

In battles where your pretender is around to cast Flaming Arrows, that would also be enormously effective.

As to how to kill the pretenders - lightning sounds like a good idea, or if it's really tough (it sounds like this sphinx is), just sit outside and try to wipe out his dominion with priests and nearby temples.