Not A Bug Tishana´s Tidebinder ignores ward

[Spiritmonger4391]

Hallo everyone

got the following boardstate:

I got a "Patchwork Automaton" on board and a cast a an artifact.
Trigger on stack, opponent got 4 Mana and casts in response to that Trigger "Tishana´s Tidebinder".
He targets the trigger and the "Ward" of my Patchwork Automaton didnt come up.

It was super annoying cause this case lost me, in fact, the game.

Is this a bug or am I completely wrong?
Something like "Tidebinder targets the ability, not the creature", which would be some nonsense to me, sorry.
You cannot target a "text"

 

[Neo001992]

This is definitely a case of Ward working correctly, but not intuitively at first glance. Tishana's Tidebinder targets a activated or triggered ability, and while that ability may have come from a permanent with ward, it isn't directly targeting that permanent itself.

• 702.21a Ward is a triggered ability. Ward [cost] means “Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays [cost].”

 

[Spiritmonger4391]

it isn't directly targeting that permanent itself.

First of all, thanks for the answer

Well, explains why this doesn´t work in MTGO. But it´s pretty new to me.
(same happens with Hexproof btw)

Nothing against you personal, but when did Magic starting with "Targeting abilites"?
I mean you always target a permanent. I can´t target the Power / Toughness or it´s mana cost.

Let´s say i Fatal Push a Goyf with hexproof (CMC = 2). So he still got hexproof and is an illegal target.
So my Fatal Push fizzles.

I just checked it on another forums and i seems to be right answer.
But that kind of "targeting abilities" is some grey area here.

I guess Tidebinder openes questions like this.
WOTC seems to love to see people go crazy about the rules
Same happend, when Urzas Saga came out ... rulings over rulings.

Thanks anyway