Set's Curse Question

[Mirumo]

Set's Curse
Type: Action
Requires: Serpentis
Cost: 2 blood
+1 stealth action.
[ser] (D) Burn any ally or retainer to put this card into play. This
card becomes an animal ally with 3 life, 2 strength and 0 bleed. This
ally cannot have or use equipment or retainers and cannot play action
cards.
[SER] As above, but burn a vampire with capacity less than 3 to put
this card in play.

My question is about the cost of the ally created by this card. It's 2
blood or 0 ?

[Salem]

I'd guess that it's absolute cost was 2, but it's _recruit_ cost was 0,
as it wasn't recruited.

but that seems weird.

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[LSJ]

It's an action card, not an ally card. The cost printed on the card is there
action's cost.

The ally it becomes has a cost of zero.