So, I'd kinda like to get into trying some of the cards here and testing some of my own, but I have some issues. I only have one friend who plays Dominion, and we don't get together that often, and I'm not even sure he'd want to bother with variant cards or getting that many sleeves. I would probably only be able to play fan cards with myself, which honestly would be fine with me, but I don't have the real cards, so I'm not sure of a good way to do so.
-Is there a program or something out there that would help me manipulate cards and handle the rules myself? I'm thinking something like Apprentice, but that seems like it would work rather poorly with Dominion's mechanics, and I'm not sure how playing against myself would work.
-Is my next best bet just scribbling stuff on index cards or something? I can't really afford to buy the real cards, and it would be kinda silly anyway since I only have the one friend who plays. (and he owns most of the sets)
-Are there any particularly well respected fan cards? I assume Archivist and the mini-set winners would be good places to start, but anything else here particularly worthy of use?
-Any tips for playtesting? Types of kingdoms I should be sure and hit? Good "default" kingdoms to use?