So we have a superb chance of making a stand and coming back from a poor start. I say we go 5-0 this round to prove that Fire is not down and out, merely a tad late to the battlefield.
As far as Pillars go, I think it's pretty clear that we need 24 Fire Pillars. Unless of course we can come up with a valid reason to have off element ones.
As for Creature/Spell, we've lost our rush decks now, which we MUST account for via this event card. We need at least an Immo Deck for the officers to use, a Nova Grabby if we can fit it in. Fire can do some pretty fearsome Rush Grabbies with Minor Phoenixes.
And as for Permanents, do Pillars/Pends count? We'll need to find out. Alternatively, some Shields never hurt.
I'll do some exploration with this later, but for now, my stomach is getting mutinous.