Wow good answers!  My many thanks!  Specially to Faceless.  After taking a good look I realised that any setting other than at 1 can't really hurt you since whatever gets countered by chalice in your deck can easily be weldered right into play.

3 and 0(if first turn) seem to be really good choices versus just about any deck.

Again thanks all.

My question is how to use a Chalice in a Workshop deck, that deck being either Welder-Mud or Stax or some version thereof.

I noted in Smmenen's article "The Long.Dec And Winding Road, Part Two: A Look At The 2004 Vintage Metagame" that he toted 4 Chalice in his Stax build.  And while I don't deny the cards value, I am curious as to know how to play it successfully, ie; without harming myself.

I am also curious as to why he see's Ancient Tomb as underused.  The damage-per-use seems harsh.

Thanks in advance for answers and explanations.  I just want to get better at magic.

-Argopile

Mystical Tutor requires that you reveal the card you search for.  Thus the player casting the Meddling Mage can declare the named card upon the mage's resolution, KNOWING what his opponent will draw.
I think this is what was meant in that statement.