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http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_uyZILeoW0&hl=en_US&fs=1& A [[beatface]], as its name suggests, is a [[Monster Card]] that is used primarily to [[Attack]] due to its high [[ATK]]. Usually, a [[beatface]] has a low [[Level]], making it easy to [[Summon]]. While one would think of [[Normal Monsters]] like "[[Gene-Warped Warwolf]]" (a 2000 [[ATK]], [[Level]] 4 [[Monster]]) or "[[Frostosaurus]]" (a 2600 [[ATK]], [[Level]] 6 [[Monster]]), the "best" [[Beatface]] [[Monsters]] usually have any or all of the following properties: * [[Effect]]s that aren't perjudicial prejudicial to its owner (like a "[[Skilled Dark Magician]]" in a [[Deck]] without "[[Dark Magician]]").

Also, for a low-[[level]] [[Monster]] to be considered a [[beatface]]beatstick, it must have at least the "standard" [[ATK]] points to be considered a "strong" attacker, or being able to raise its own [[ATK]] to the "standard" levels easily and without a major setup. While it depends on the [[Metagame]] entirely, the usual [[ATK]] score for a low-[[level]] [[beatface]] beatstick is between 1700 and 2000 [[ATK]] points. For a high-[[level]] [[Monster]] to be considered a [[beatface]] beatstick it should have any or all of these properties:

* Having an effect that allows them to be [[Summon|Summoned]]ed more easily (like "[[Cyber Dragon]]", "[[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]]" or "[[Evil Hero Malicious Edge]]").

"[[Cyber Eltanin]]" is considered one of the best [[beatface]]s beatsticks ever printed: its effect allows it to be [[Special Summon]]ed easily (to the point that one could count "[[Cyber Dragon]]" as a [[level]] 4 [[Monster]]), while its 2100 [[ATK]] points are enough to destroy almost any low [[Level]] monster, and even some high [[Level]] monsters like "[[Vampire Lord]]" or "[[Airknight Parshath]]" (and thus, those monsters saw a huge decrease in play: its meaningless to tribute for something that a non-tribute monster can destroy easily). Other good beatsticks commmonly used are "[[Gene-Warped Warwolf]]", "[[Berserk Gorilla]]" and any 1900 [[ATK]] [[Monster]] with a low [[Level]].

Some monsters are considered good because of their "not-so-gamebreaking" but good [[effect]] and good [[ATK]] score. The common saying for this is: "when this [[Monster]]'s [[Effect]] isn't useful, you can always use it as a decent [[beatface]]beatstick". Examples of those cards are "[[Royal Firestorm Guards]]", "[[Herald of Creation]]", "[[Harpie Queen]]" and "[[Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers]]".

Finally, some of the best [[Monster Cards]] in the whole game include [[beatface]]s beatsitcks that have outstanding [[Effect]]s and are easily [[Summon|summonable]]eable. "[[Dark Armed Dragon]]", "[[Judgment Dragon]]", "[[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End]]" and "[[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]" are the first ones that come to mind: they're extremely easy to summon, all of them have a very high [[ATK]] (three of them have 3000 [[ATK]], while "[[Dark Armed Dragon]]" has 2800 [[ATK]], still a very high number) and they all have game-breaking [[Effect]]s. But also, cards like "[[Elemental Hero Stratos]]" (that searches either the [[Monster]]s you need or acts similarly to "[[Breaker the Magical Warrior]]", "[[Dark Grepher]]" (that allows one to fill the Graveyard with any [[DARK]] [[Monster]] you can need VERY quickly), "[[Doomcaliber Knight]]" (that has 1900 [[ATK]] and can [[negate]] any [[Monster]] [[Effect]]) or "[[Zombie Master]]" (a [[Monster]] that combined with the likes of "[[Mezuki]]", "[[Il Blud]]" and "[[Card of Safe Return]]" makes a [[Zombie Deck]] deadly) are excellent [[Monster Cards]] with great effects and a very good [[ATK]] score.

A variant of the famous [[Beatdown Deck]] consists in the use of several [[beatface]]sbeatsticks. The objective of this [[Deck]] is to overpower the opponent with brute force, having so many strong monsters that when your opponent runs out of [[Card Effects]] to get rid of your [[Monsters]], he/she cannot fight back and be overwhelmed by monsters he/she can't defeat in battle. Of course, this strategy is outdated, since [[Card Effects]] play a major role on today's dueling. But even then, one must not understimate the threat of a high [[ATK]] score, since a pair of direct blows and it could be the end of your [[Life Points]].