Two Win Conditions

[Luis2]

Have you ever used a deck that has two win conditions? Like if you couldn't reach your opponent's life points anymore, but you beat him/her with Final Countdown as a back up plan? Is a deck like that even possible against a human?

[shadowferret]

Reptile deck? Either win with super size Vennominaga, or spam Gol'gar...

[Jazin Kay]

I have a fun Exodius deck on WC2010 that can win 4 ways. Exodius beatodown, deckout, Exodia's effect, or Exodius' effect.

Deck actually sucks hardcore, but it's so much fun to do.

[darkwolf777]

Back when I used a Necroface deck (before becoming limited), I had the options of Decking the opponent out, Battle Damage from Eiza or Effect Damage through D.D. Dynamite to win o.x

I didn't used whatever trick they did that forced Necroface to 1.

[Dries965]

Normally no, but i had once the second option was given to me, as i run in the past LS/Baboon (online with dark panther and phantom of chaos)
Opponent used plasma, where it destroyes one of mine monsters and i take burn dmg equal atk, i just copied him and burned him, therefor winning the match

[Brandon Michael Geren]

Yes. The Six Samurai FTK (you know, the one with Shinai and Mizuho that doesn't work anymore). If you didn't FTK, you could beatdown your opponent with your swarmed Six Samurais. Really good, glad it doesn't work, although if it did Mass Driver might finally be banned.

[byak]

I ran Exodia Destiny Board Final Countdown for a whole format.

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

My Bugging Out deck can either win by lifepoint damage or deckout, though it usually gets a lot closer with the second.

[-Berserker-]

Fish Synchro/Golden Oyster control

[DARKPLANT RISING]

My friend made a hilarious "Goyo Deck" revolving around Immortal Bushi and Junk Synchron and stuff. He would grab hold of my monsters using Goyo, and reviving it using many ways. If that doesn't work, he would use
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...Just for the laughes.
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[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

That reminds me. If you have 1 win, your opponent has 0 wins, and activate Self-Destruct Button, does that mean you win the match?

[DARKPLANT RISING]

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That reminds me. If you have 1 win, your opponent has 0 wins, and activate Self-Destruct Button, does that mean you win the match?
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Nonononono. 1.5>0.5, but then again, your opponent can win the next round to get 1.5=1.5. Of course you can't lose once you get to 1 win and 1 draw in a match. Normal math.

[Luis2]

I have a Injection Fairy Lily deck in WC 2009 that has one Final Countdown in it. Even though I activated Final Countdown, I'm still gonna attack your life points. Sometimes Final Countdown would go to zero before I even get the chance to make my opponent's drop to zero. It's like I'm racing my own Final Countdown.

[TheTurtleOnceCalledGod]

My first yugimonz deck back in the day when I didn't care or even know about meta was a holy pile of random batman that somehow allowed me to win often and it contained Exodia, Destiny Board, and Final Countdown, as well as other random stuff.
Usually you want to stick to one main method of winning, usually swarm and OTK or something, if not, stop everything your opponent can do to stop you.

[sebihp2007]

Well, in Traditional Format, even the most used Archetypes have 2 ways of winning (Lightsworn mill and Exchange of the Spirit, anyone?)

And, in Advance Format, there are probably some Decks out there which could integrate Exodia ..
Or Stalling Deck + Final Countdown (Deckout or FC effect)

[evilfusion]

Having two win conditons is typically counterproductive to a consistent deck, depending on how much time and effort is devoted to each condition.

[-Berserker-]

This guy at my locals has Palomuro Exodia Countdown Fire Princess...

[evilfusion]

What's the Fire Princess for?

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

I just asked because in the official rules it says that a tie is "a win for both duelists", and technically if you won and got a tie you would have 2 wins. But I've never attended an official tournament, so I didn't know how they counted it.

On topic: As Fusion said, two win conditions can usually slow a deck down, which is where the whole "stick with one theme" thing comes from, and why little kids usually have a ton of trouble with their decks. They do too many things at once. The best thing to do is hold your second strategy in your deck in a way that it can still be viable without taking up too much space and/or time from your strategy.

[-Berserker-]

Fire Princess burns the opponent every loop of the Palomuro Combo. I suggested him he could also try Junk Barrage for a slower but easier to do burn, but he didn't like it...