Quote Originally Posted by charcoalninja View Post
The cost is peanuts
To be fair the cost can be insurmountable since the DM can ban rubies and thus you'll have no way to cast the spell till level 17 where you could Wish for ruby dust (and risk losing the ability to cast Wish forever) or just Wish the spell itself (which for Simulacrum chains is useless).

I just want to tear down this view that somehow spells can be cast by throwing gold coins in lieu of expensive material components. No need to find a diamond to resurrect your friend, just chuck a large sack of gold, it is the same thing.