This is the strat. I use so I can win, (never lost to this strat. yet)
First make 3 miners with your 500 gold...
Make one miner pray...
After that, get one swordwrath and one archidon
Move them all to the center pole-thing-majiggy
After that make 2 more miners
make one mine, one pray
Get the ghost summon upgrade
Build up until u have 5 archers
Build up till 5 Speartons
Get 2 Flying crossbowmen
Get 3 Merics
Get a Giant
Get the Giant size upgrade
after that, you may do as you please...
(NOT GARUNTEED SUCCESS)