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Tags: <dominion><recommendations><game-accessories>
Title: What is the Best Random Card Setup Tool?
Question: In  this question  I received two different recommendations for iPhone specific apps to assist with Dominion setups.  My group uses a third (non iPhone specific).  Which is the best, and why?  Please, only one app per answer, thanks!

Answers:
sents: text: Zack Hiwiller's Dominion Card Randomizer is nice.
text: It works fine on laptops and mobile devices, is free, has card images, and has some nice options.
text: http://www.hiwiller.com/dominion/ Downside: requires internet connection.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/33/Mag Roader
score: 20
sents: text: Dominion Shuffle for Android I'd have to go back and use iDominion some more to compare the two, but this is the best option I've found for Android users.
text: Turn various expansions on and off.
text: Require or prohibit a certain card.
text: You can set minimums and maximums for any number of things Examples:
text: Require at least one card each of costs 2 through 5; require three cost-5 cards; require no more than 4 cards from Intrigue; require [X] +Action/+Buy/trashing cards; etc.
text: If you can dream it up, you can probably do it.
text: It allows you to set up a pretty detailed list of rules, like requiring a minimum number of X when any Y cards show up.
text: This lets you do the obvious reaction card(s) to go with attack cards, but you can even use it for odd preferences like: require Mine if prosperity cards are in play; require at least 4 Alchemy cards if any Alchemy cards are in play; require a Moat if a Witch is in play; require Embargo if that annoying card your friend likes is in play; etc.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/78/keithjgrant
score: 12
sents: text: Dominion Kingdom Deck for iPhone, free!
text: From the iTunes description: offers an optional structured randomization mode.
text: In this mode, it guarantees that there is at least 1 card each of 2 cost, 3 cost, 4 cost and 5 cost.
text: All current cards for Dominion, Intrigue, Seaside, Alchemy and Prosperity as well as the promo cards Black Market, Envoy and Stash are included as starting data.
text: All sets can be turned on and off to match your playing situation.
text: Don't like a card in the list?
text: Swipe the row and replace it with a new one. Have a custom set?
text: Add it in with the built-in set editor.
text: Had a particularly interesting mix of cards?
text: Save the list and recall it later.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/46/squelart
score: 8
sents: text: iDominion EDIT: iDominion has not been updated for several sets - it lacks Cornucopia and Hinterlands Features Turn each expansion on or off (supports all expansions through Prosperity)
text: Turn each promo card (Envoy, Black Market, Stash) on or off Generates the Black Market deck as well
text: if you're using it Sort the resulting list by name, cost, or set (or a combination) to facilitate easy retrieval of the cards Randomization Options Ensure Attack Ensure Reaction
text: No Curses
text: No 6 Plus Cost Ensure
text: +
text: Buy Ensure +Action Blacklist for cards
text: you're just sick of Swipe to replace any card in the set with a new one Correctly selects 3-5 Alchemy cards or none at all Cons Not free
text: (although iDominion Lite is free, and a fully functioning randomizer.
text: It doesn't offer the blacklist and randomization options)
text: "Correct" Alchemy selection means you may have to refresh several times before it actually chooses any Alchemy cards
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/32/lilserf
score: 5
sents: text: Dominion Minion
text: (iOS Only)
text: Similar to iDominion - was the first Dominion related app on the App Store.
text: Enable/Disable Expansions Blacklist Change ordering - cost, alphabetical, by set Can only show Alchemy cards if at least 3-5 Alchemy cards
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/65/Chealion
score: 4
sents: text: This is a great (the best, far and away, IMO) offline randomizer with a TON of options.
text: You'll love it.
text: disclaimer
text: : I wrote the app :)
text: Get it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gajlaijicbmdnbpdficpdlkhgajhgkkd
text: Not real sure why this recommendation keeps getting deleted.
text: I'll try one more time and if it gets deleted this time I'll appeal to admin.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2403/Dale
score: 2
sents: text: We've been pretty happy with WebMinion .
text: It has plenty of options for how to set the cards up and lets you selectively re-randomize any of them, which we use a lot in our games if something comes up that we've seen too much or nobody likes, but we don't want to scrap the whole set.
answer_details: author: boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2066/edsobo
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Dominion Shuffle for Android, Dominion Kingdom Deck for iPhone or Webminion.
Zack Hiwiller's Dominion Card Randomizer is recommended, as is WebMinion . There is also Dominion Shuffle  for Android and iDominion. Dominion Kingdom Deck  for iPhone, is free.