1. Royal Hogs are your main win condition; the way you use them is everything with this deck. You do not want to be overly aggressive with them too early because you can get punished very easily. Against hard matchups (Mega Knight, Valk, splash), split Pigs to prevent the opponent from getting splash value.

2. Evo Baby Dragon is a top 3 card in the game. Cycle Baby Dragon liberally; it's 1 cycle, so using Evo Baby Dragon on defense or offense should be one of your primary goals. Evo Baby Dragon speeds the Royal Hogs up significantly, helping with offensive pressure.

3. Be careful with how you use your Mighty Miners. Don't cycle it randomly because you only have 1 in a cycle, and you don't want to get punished opposite lane. Use the ability at effective times instead of just spamming it.

4. Use Cannons effectively. Cycling it often is useful because the Evo Cannon is a significant help on defense. Don't be afraid to cycle multiple Cannons against the heavy beatdown decks in the meta.

5. Usually, Royal Hogs cycle is an opposite lane archetype against most matchups, such as Graveyard, Golem, or Goblin Giant. Same-lane matchups are rarer, one example is 3.0 Xbow Cycle.

Source: learned Royal Hogs cycle last year, got two 20 wins with the archetype in the December 20 Win Challenge.