Lamentation, double upkeep, Grave Secrets

[low sparrow]

Does Lamentation double the corpse expenditure when upkeeping a spell via Grave Secrets?

[rancid lily]

RAW I'd say yes they have to pay double.

[weak canopy]

No, the double is an increase of cost in focus, not in the Grave Secrets.

[rancid lily]

Any chance the wording could be improved?

[faint dragon]

essentially cost only can apply to the COST stat, as is labeled on the spell. When you use the corpses it is an alternative method, essentially bypassing COST entirely.

[silk canopy]

I wonder if it's something as simple as adding the word "instead" inside the wordings for grave secret 🤔

[rancid lily]

COST, however, isn't mentioned on the second sentence, it just references "pay". Not that COST is used in the rules for keeping upkeeps up, instead it uses the same terminology as Grave Secrets: "spend".

[rancid lily]

...its leader can instead remove a corpse token on this model...

That would work IMO.