[Micah]

Army of gold on unfatigued troops will pretty much prevent firestorm from doing much damage, although I'm sure a few points would slip through here and there...however, having 100 fatigue as mages tend to do after a few rounds is a different story entirely. Critical hits get you killed a lot faster than the rulebook formula indicates, and I've got no doubt that the mages would die in droves even with AoG active.