Stifle Metalworker?

[Bram]

Quick question that popped up in the last e'hoven tourney.

Can you stifle a Metalworker's ability? The judge ruled no, since it's a mana ability. Is this correct?

[Lockdown]

No you can't stifle it.  Here's the Crystal Keep Ruling:

406 - Mana Abilities

    * 406.1 - A mana ability is either (a) an activated ability that could put mana into a player's mana pool when it resolves or (b) a triggered ability that triggers from a mana ability and could produce additional mana. A mana ability can generate other effects at the same time it produces mana. [CompRules 2003/07/01]

Metalworker

      Color= Artifact    Type= Artifact Creature    Cost= 3    UD(R)
      Text (UD+errata): 1/2. ; : Reveal any number of artifact cards in your hand. Add to your mana pool for each card revealed this way. [Oracle 2003/07/01]
    * You can reveal zero cards to gain zero mana. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]
    * This is a mana ability. It does not go on the stack and cannot be responded to. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]

That should clear it up.  I'll add mana abilities to my rules FAQ above.

[DutchJungelist]

damn there goes my shred of dignity   now i have no one to blame but myself

[Bram]

Henk's a pretty good judge, so the odds of him making a mistake on a relatively simple matter like this were small in the first place.

No worries, though. There are probably many people out there that didn't know the answer (I wasn't sure of it myself either).

Even so, you did well for your first tourney. Hope to see you and your posse again soon.

[DutchJungelist]

yeah well probably be there on the saturday
oh just anougher rules question: can you welder something into play under a standstill without making it explode?
thanks

[Toad]

Goblin Welder brings artifacts into play. These artefacts are not played, hence they won't trigger Landstill. Playing = moving a card from the hand to the stack.

[DutchJungelist]

thanks i thought so but was just checking before i make me a new deck