Why whould you ever choose Mictlan?

[Graeme Dice]

Mictlan does have better blood hunting than just about any other nation as the Mictlan priests can be recruited everywhere at an extremely low cost. Only the Blood of humans theme for Abysia and Diabolical Faith for Marignon have hunters that are comparable in cost. Mictlan's only real weakness is that your initial expansion is hampered by the fact that your troops take many losses. If you manage to get your second priest recruiting centre up by turn 4 or 5 however, then you can quickly start blood hunting. Fiends can mostly replace your normal troops at that point. Slaves are always useful though, whenever you want to bring down the walls of a castle.

[archaeolept]

it has good sacred troops, and hence is quite viable w/ a bless strategy; whereas abysia is quite poor w/ one.

abysia has much more limited magic, as well: fire, astral, and blood, where the micts also have nature and water.

bloody mary has the wonderful goetic masters, but forced turmoil really gives it a black eye.