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| − | A [[beatstick]], as its name suggests, is a lot like my penis but refers to a [[Monster Card]] that is used primarily to [[Attack]] due to it's high [[ATK]]. Usually, a [[beatstick]] have 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" [[Beatstick]] [[Monsters]] usually have any or all of the following properties:
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| − | * [[Effect]]s that aren't perjudicial to its owner (like a [[Skilled Dark Magician]] in a [[Deck]] without [[Dark Magician]]).
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| − | * [[Effect]]s that allow them to being [[Special Summon]]ed without a major setup, and thus, allowing the player to summon a lot of monsters in one turn (like [[Silpheed]], [[Cyber Dragon]] and [[Gigantes]]).
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| − | * [[Effect]]s that actually help the player (like [[Gigantes]], [[Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer]] and [[Elemental Hero Stratos]]).
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| − | * [[Effect]]s that raises their own [[ATK]] points (like [[Hunter Owl]], [[Amazoness Paladin]] and [[Elemental Hero Heat]]).
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| − | Also, for a low-[[level]] [[Monster]] to be considered a [[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]] [[beatstick]] is between 1700 and 2000 [[ATK]] points. For a high-[[level]] [[Monster]] to be considered a [[beatstick]] it should have any or all of these properties:
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| − | * Have a very high [[ATK]] that can't be reached easily, like [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]].
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| − | * Require only 1 or no tributes, like [[Summoned Skull]] or [[Cyber Dragon]].
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| − | * Being able at least to tie with the "standard" [[ATK]] power of [[Tribute]] [[Monsters]] (that standard being usually 2400 [[ATK]], the [[ATK]] score for any [[Monarch]] and [[Jinzo]]), or having an effect that allows it to raise its own [[ATK]] above the standard (like [[White-Horned Dragon]]).
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| − | * Having an effect that allows them to be [[Summon]]ed more easily (like [[Cyber Dragon]], [[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]] or [[Evil Hero Malicious Edge]]).
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| − | [[Cyber Dragon]] is considered one of the best [[beatstick]]s 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]].
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| − | 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 [[beatstick]]". Examples of those cards are [[Royal Firestorm Guards]], [[Herald of Creation]], [[Harpie Queen]] and [[Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers]].
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| − | Finally, some of the best [[Monster Cards]] in the whole game include [[beatstick]]s that have outstanding [[Effect]]s and are easily [[Summon]]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 the [[Zombie Deck]] deadly) are excellent [[Monster Cards]] with great effects and a very good [[ATK]] score.
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| − | A variant of the famous [[Beatdown Deck]] consists in the use of several [[beatstick]]s. 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]].
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