Gunkan Suship Craft Cost Estimator

Crafting Gunkan Suship without a plan is how accounts burn three hundred Ultra Rare dust on a second battleship while still playing two Gunkan Suship Shari. This page walks through dust priorities for a standard competitive list, then hands you the interactive estimator so numbers update as you check off cards you already pulled from Dawn of Majesty.

Master Duel crafting basics

Master Duel converts duplicate cards into craft points, then spends those points to create specific cards at fixed rates. For most sets relevant to Suship:

• Ultra Rare craft: 30 UR dust per card.
• Super Rare craft: 50 SR dust per card.

Dismantling duplicates returns a fraction of that value — exact returns depend on rarity and bonus events. The estimator assumes you craft only missing copies from zero dust, which is the worst-case planning scenario. If you hold spares, your real cost is lower.

Always verify rarities in the client; reprints occasionally shift a card between SR and UR in different packs.

Phase one — SR engine (craft first)

Before any UR ship hits the field, lock the Super Rare backbone:

1. Three Gunkan Suship Shari — every opener path starts here. Budget 150 SR dust if you own zero.
2. Three Gunkan Sushipyard — the Field Spell that enables deck attachment. One copy is searchable, but competitive lists want redundancy.
3. Two to three Painful Decision — generic Normal Monster search; finds Shari when the heart of the deck hides at the bottom.
4. Two to three Gunkan Suship Ikura and two to three Uni — material effects and Rank 5 access.
5. One to two Gunkan Suship Shirauo — draw on attachment; cut to one only under extreme budget.
6. One Catch-of-the-Day, optional Daily Special — grind and search traps.

This phase alone often totals 600–900 SR dust from scratch — less if DAMA pulls already filled slots. Cross-check names and ratios on the main deck guide and card tier list.

Phase two — UR priorities

After the SR engine functions in duel room, spend UR dust in this order:

1. Gunkan Suship Shari Red — two copies minimum, three for ranked optimization. Hand attachment enables Rank 5 climbs and recovery lines.
2. Gunkan Suship Shirauo-class Carrier — your first boss and detach negate. Non-negotiable.
3. Gunkan Suship Ikura-class Dreadnought — battle pressure and destruction immunity.
4. Gunkan Suship Uni-class Super-Dreadnought — omni-negate finisher; second copy is luxury before festival tech.

Skipping straight to step four while missing Red Shari is the most common craft regret in Suship forums.

Phase three — staples and hybrids

Generic hand traps and board breakers sit outside the estimator’s core list but belong in real builds. Craft them after Suship names unless a festival deadline forces otherwise.

Primite Gunkan adds Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and Primite Drillbeam — budget six to ten additional UR equivalents before calling the hybrid complete.

Interactive estimator

Use the checklist below to mark owned cards. Totals update live for remaining UR and SR dust required to finish the default competitive package.

How to read your totals

UR total under 90: You are near a playable boss package — usually missing one Red Shari or one ship.

SR total under 200: You likely lack Nigiri playsets or yard copies; fix before pulling more random packs.

Both totals zero: Import a list from builds and queue ranked — revisit when banlists or events change ratios.

Re-run the estimator after every DAMA session. Compare results with the written How to Craft guide for pack-versus-craft decisions.

Festival and budget modes

For Under-5 UR festivals, cap UR crafts at the event limit even if the tool shows higher theoretical optimization. Mark luxury UR ships as unowned and accept second-place tech until the event ends.

Budget accounts can mark Daily Special and third Shirauo as skipped — the tool still highlights mandatory SR core spend.

Related planning pages

• Tools hub — overview of wiki utilities
• Tier list — meta context for craft urgency
• Review — whether additional UR spend matches your rank goals