Alternate-win or -loss card

Alternate-win cards provide additional means for winning the game. A related set of alternate-loss cards describe conditions under which their controller loses the game. Alternate-win or -loss cards are called “alt cons” (from "alternate win/loss condition") by R&D.

Description
Alt cons are generally permanents, with triggered abilities which explicitly state that their controller wins or loses if certain conditions are met. Some such cards instead state that another player loses the game, which may not immediately end a multiplayer game. Alt cons cards tend to be printed at rare, but almost never at mythic rare. The first mythic rare card with alternative win condition was printed in Dragon's Maze with Maze's End.

List of alternate-win cards

 * Oracle text as at April 2013.
 * This effect causes one or more other players to lose the game, which can cause their controller to win the game.

List of alternate-loss cards

 * Oracle text as at April 2013.

List of alternate-draw cards
Nowadays, R&D avoids making draw effects.