Alpha Strike Card Question

[UttiniDaKilrJawa]

Hey All,
Just getting back into BT recently and decided to give the Alpha Strike variant a try. One thing I noticed on the pre-printed Alpha Strike cards were the small icons on the right side of the card just to the right of the Mech artwork. I've tried looking around a bit to figure out what these mean, but so far no luck. I was wondering if anyone here could help me out with what these icons represent.

Thanks.

UttiniDaKilrJawa

[Sartris]

those would be era icons. they give a general sense of when something was available. they go from top to bottom:

Age of War / Star League (2400s-2785)
Succession Wars (2786-3049)
Clan Invasion (3050-3062)
Civil War (3063-3067)
Jihad (3068-3085)
Republic / Dark Ages (3086-3150)

[UttiniDaKilrJawa]

Thanks!

[tekwych]

Continuing on icons, there are, at the bottom left, what looks to be set icons and unique card number. Is there a list of all the card sets and their icons?

[Lorcan Nagle]

Quickly looking through the decks I have to hand

Alpha Strike Ad Hoc Cards (GenCon Exclusive 2013, later available Print on Demand via DriveThru RPG): Black Crosshairs with yellow field, capital A in the middle.
Alpha Strike Ad Hoc Upgrade Cards (GenCon Exclusive 2014): Black Crosshairs with grey field, Capital A in the middle
Alpha Strike Mercenaries Cards (Gencon 2016 Exclusive): Black Crosshairs with yellow field, capital A in the middle.
Alpha Strike Kurita Cards (Gencon 2016 Exclusive): Can't find my copy right now, I'd assume it's the same or similar
Alpha Strike: Succession Wars Cards: Yellow Succession Wars era logo
Alpha Strike: Clan Invasion Cards: Yellow Clan Invasion era logo.

A Game of Armoured Combat: Yellow Atlas head
Clan Invasion: Yellow Daggerstar
Alpha Strike Box set: Red capital AS

Inner Sphere Command Lance: Green Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Battle Lance: Orange-brown Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Direct Fire Lance: Light yellow Succession Wars era logo
Innere Sphere Heavy Lance: Blue-grey Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Striker Lance: Red Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Fire Lance:Orange-pink Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Heavy Battle Lance: Blue Succession Wars Era logo
Inner Sphere Urban Lance: Light green-grey Succession Wars era logo
Inner Sphere Support Lance: Purple Succession Wars era logo
Legendary MechWarriors: Atlas head with yellow shading
Shilone salvage box: Atlas head with blue shading
UrbanMech Salvage box: Grey Succession Wars era logo

Clan Command Star: Green Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Heavy Striker Star: Red Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Fire Star: Orange Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Support Star: Light blue Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Heavy Battle Star: Purple Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Heavy Star: Grey Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Striker Star: Light green Clan Invasion era logo
Clan Ad Hoc Star: Golden-brown Clan Invasion era logo

ComStar Command Level II: Grey ComStar insignia
ComStar Battle Level II: Blue-grey ComStar insignia

Wolf's Dragoons Assault Star: Wolf's Dragoons insignia

[tekwych]

Much Appreciated, Thank You.

[Sartris]

As an aside, I believe the old gen con cards now have incorrect stats due to shifts in the rules so one should only order them if they have completionist tendencies

[Lorcan Nagle]

As an aside, I believe the old gen con cards now have incorrect stats due to shifts in the rules so one should only order them if they have completionist tendencies

Yeah, the original Ad Hoc cards are totally incompatible with Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition.  Most later cards are OK, but you're better off comparing them with the MUL to be sure.  Most issues are with point values that have been updated but you can't be sure without double-checking.

[RecklessFables]

Yeah, the original Ad Hoc cards are totally incompatible with Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition.  Most later cards are OK, but you're better off comparing them with the MUL to be sure.  Most issues are with point values that have been updated but you can't be sure without double-checking.

I was wondering if there was a cur-off.  I have the original cards and they are obviously off, but I guess any given card can be eratta'd at any time post-Commander's Edition.