Forum:Skill drain vs star dust dragon

Ok so I was using my skill drain deck (skill drain was on the field) and my opponent got out Star Dust Dragon I used Fissure to kill it an my opponent tributed Star Dust Dragon to negate the effect stating that "tributing is a cost not an effect." While I agree the tribute itself is not an effect I feel that the ability to tribute itself IS an effect and since skill drain was on the field it should not have been able to tribute itself anyway. I mean come on how could it tribute itself without the use of an effect???

Am I right? Dragula42 (talk • contribs) 16:23, July 11, 2011 (UTC)Dragula42