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Meanwhile, Magic: The Gathering has killing your opponents as the main win condition, but milling your opponent's deck down to nothing was a popular strategy right out of the gate (and I've had it done to me via land destruction stun-lock + milling, which is annoying as hell). And right from the very beginning it also had cards that created alternative win conditions, or just had effects like "Your opponent automatically loses the game in two turns." (Not to mention asshole combos like Lich/Mirror Universe.)

Then later sets included even more special conditions, like Coalition Victory - where if you have a Land and a creature of each color, you automatically win (and I've lost to this one as well). Or creatures that hit you with poison counters (lost to that one as well). Or creatures that effectively Deathtouch the other players (ie, if they do any successful damage, the other player instantly loses). Or stuff like Darksteel Reactor (which charges up over time, and if it hits a certain number of counters, you auto-win).

Magic is kind of crazy for that sort of thing.