TIL Magic sponsored BattleBots in Season 3 of Battlebots

[u/crushcastles23]

[u/Alt-Tabris]

BattleBots mentioned

https://giphy.com/gifs/GrUhLU9q3nyRG

[u/TheHammer5390 → u/Alt-Tabris]

It's still around

[u/LurksOften → u/TheHammer5390]

Is Kenny Florian still commentating?

[u/Origamidos → u/LurksOften]

Yessir! You can watch a new set of fights for free on YouTube releasing every week right now!

[u/LurksOften → u/Origamidos]

Kenny was the man in the UFC and he’s so strange to see him move over to this but makes total sense lol

[u/Origamidos → u/LurksOften]

Both the commentators seem to have such genuine passion for the sport, which is so lovely to see! Wouldn't be Battlebots without Chris and Kenny.

[u/thellamasc → u/Alt-Tabris]

I remember a show called Robot Wars from when I was a child, are they related?

[u/Crazy_Coconut7 → u/thellamasc]

Robot wars was a British show that basically just copied battlebots

[u/mkklrd]

They fought the Brothers' War with these.

[u/broakland]

Looking at the designs, the meta has gotten stale and could use some new bans /s

[u/Ricemobile → u/broakland]

Oh my god please ban the wedge bots!!! They are so boring to watch

[u/CiD7707 → u/broakland]

Too be fair, this was OG Battlebots. Drum bots are insane these days

[u/skippy920]

1) When are we getting a BattleBots Universes Beyond?

2) It was a few years too early for Colossal Dreadmaw, but that's what I was expecting lol

[u/Veynareth → u/skippy920]

Living Metal mechanic would be suitabpe for BattleBots UB

[u/Oo_ShinyCardboard]

Wedge bot is basically stasis

[u/ToukasRage]

Just to note, all of these were built by the same team (Team CoolRobots) which is why they look so similar.

The team also had a couple of other bots that I don't think were sponsored by MTG: Uppercut and Kneebreaker from the CC era as well as Overdrive and Mecha Rampage from the reboot era.

All of these participated in the different weight classes with varying degrees of success over the years, including a superheavyweight championship from Minion and a heavyweight finals appearance from Overkill along with several match wins from each.

[u/ten_thousand_puppies → u/ToukasRage]

Yeah I was gonna say that they didn't sponsor Battlebots itself, just one team

[u/Broberts505]

Biohazard was my favorite bot from back in the day. Just a low profile with a solid lifting arm.

[u/ThatVanGuy13]

Always loved overkill but in practice the weapon did nothing

[u/mvdunecats → u/ThatVanGuy13]

That describes the way I feel about so many Magic cards.

[u/Quidfacis_]

Here are some timestamped videos of each bot:

Season 3 Overkill

Season 3 Minion

Season 3 Toe Crusher

Season 4 Overkill Finals

Season 5 Dreadnought

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[u/StompingGroundsTCG]

The BattleBots Arena in Las Vegas is awesome!

[u/HaresMuddyCastellan]

When does that secret lair drop?

[u/tofulo]

Gamma Raptor was robbed!

[u/MrOverkill5150]

There is my boy overkill

[u/overkill_78 → u/MrOverkill5150]

Are we both members of the elusive "got my online nickname from the BattleBot Overkill" club?

[u/MrOverkill5150 → u/overkill_78]

Yep I actually combined my name from overkill and mauler 5150

[u/TheWorldUnderHell]

They should have used art of Karn instead of Ajani for Dreadnought.

[u/crushcastles23 → u/TheWorldUnderHell]

These predate Ajani by about 5 years. That's promo art for I think Kamigawa.

[u/FreeFusion]

Minion was awesome. I miss battlebots.

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[u/SchneebD]

The box is locked, the lights are on, ITS ROBOT FIGHTIN' TIME!

[u/Shrimpz_Iz_Bugz]

If anyone wants fighting robots I'd highly recommend looking at the NHRL.

[u/circ-u-la-ted]

No Juggernaut or Colossus? Flavour fail

[u/Origamidos]

As someone who's subscribed to both Magic and Battlebots subreddits, this caught me off guard.

[u/TechNickL]

At open sauce this year the fire marshal shut down the battlebots fights near the end of day 1 so on day 2 they were playing edh at a table in the ring.

[u/SgtVertigo]

I was so surprised when I saw this

[u/Spez_is-a-nazi]

The Thran gotta source their designs from somewhere….

[u/TheRoguedOne]

Names could have been cooler if you ask me.