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👑 AnKing Step Deck Update #28

👑 AnKing Step Deck Update #28

👑 AnKing Step Deck Update #28

Date: April 21st - May 18th 2026

Hi everyone! 👋

I hope you've all been doing great and keeping up with all your reviews!!

💨 Quick Summary

This month’s AnKing Step Deck update includes over 8,000 note updates and 8,000 new subscribers along with improved tagging for UWorld Step 3, CMS forms, and your favorite video resources, including Ninja Nerd, Bootcamp, Dirty Medicine, and more.

For those using B&B, the Hematology section tags have been updated. We’ve also added new illustrations, addressed concerns about prior AI-enhanced images, added a new syncope mnemonic card, welcomed a new maintainer to the team, and much more!

📝 This Month’s Deck Statistics

8,543 note updates! 🎉

8,194 new subscribers! 🫶

✅ Deck Updates

❓Question Banks

★ UWorld Step 3: New tags added for UWorld Step 3 QIDs (thanks to @pmtea)

★ CMS Internal Medicine Forms: New tags added for CMS IM forms 5 and 8 (thanks to @riyamehta)

★ CMS Neurology Forms: New tags added for CMS Neurology form 7 (thanks to @h_double_j)

📹 Video Resources

★ NinjaNerd: Brand new tags Step 1 and Step 2 added for various videos (thanks to @Tanner_G)

★ Bootcamp: New step 2 tags added!

★ Pixorize: New tags and images added for Psych drug videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)

★ DirtyMedicine: New tags added for neurology videos and biochem videos (thanks to @n.cranford and @thuthiii)

★ Boards & Beyond: All hematology tags have been updated for BNB Step 1 to match the website!

🩺 Other

★ Skin of Color Project: New images added (thanks to @mari1 and @mferzoco)

📈 Project Progress

🩸 Boards&Beyond Hematology Update

The hematology tags for Boards & Beyond have been updated to match the website! We hope you enjoy 🫶

💳 New Mnemonic Card

A new mnemonic card has been added to test the causes of syncope! Sync to receive this new card ⭐

https://preview.redd.it/8hvbceleux1h1.jpg?width=2830&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c10183ab5cecceed24e361384e783180c37dbc61

🎨 Illustration Projects

To make your studying even more effective, we’ve added tons of new illustrations to help improve your understanding! A few are shown below. Thanks to @caleb_meadows and @hisham242

https://preview.redd.it/7ghwanqdux1h1.png?width=1672&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fdd6bfa0ed8fa7e4766de536f25cdc3f91dc43e

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📸 Regarding image quality update

Last month, concerns of AI image use were brought up on Reddit, we wanted to address what we have been doing to ensure this doesn't happen again

To follow up and clarify what occurred, below is an explanation provided by the creator of the images

>"These were not prompt-generated images presented as illustrations. I manually drew the base image and intended details from scratch, then used an AI enhancer tool in post-processing to add realism that was then masked to specific areas. Unlike upscale tools, the enhancer tool doesn’t only upscale, it can also generate new details on top of or remove older ones, which could create mistakes such as the finger here. The only reason I did so back then was that I thought it would be valuable for the illustrations to look like real-life patients and fit the “hyper-realistic” style direction I was going for. This subset of images were not AI-generated but enhanced, my intent was that they were not created by prompting AI to generate the artwork, as they were drawn from scratch and enhanced afterward."

We've started fixing the images that were affected by this, see some examples below

https://preview.redd.it/f2xj5e5vux1h1.jpg?width=6756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91a8ef60f0b176aaca64eb13724974192525424f

🫶🏼 Community Shoutouts

A few community members were outstanding with their suggestions this month and we want to highlight their dedication!

Top 5 community members with the most suggestions accepted in the last 30 days:

  1. @hunterlea91 (2,360)
  2. @victoriamarino (1,635)
  3. @qais8r (961)
  4. @riyamehta (468)
  5. @bootcamp_morganmoore (427)

🫶🏼 Most Liked Suggestions

Another domain we’d like to highlight is the number of likes/upvotes a user received for their suggestions in the last month! This usually means their suggestions were really well done and greatly benefited the deck:

  1. @ansleywallace12 (13 likes)
  2. @liewmh (11 likes)
  3. @apkane, @blomma, @patfan09 (10 likes)
  4. @adavis98, @colbyr, @mjsrok, @qais8r (9 likes)
  5. @beefnudels (8 likes)

🫶🏼 Suggestion of the Month

The top suggestion with the most likes in the last 30 days was from user @liewmh with a total of 11 likes!

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Thank you to everyone who submitted a suggestion this month! ❤️

👩‍🔧 New Maintainer

We’re happy to announce this months new maintainer! They’ve been a regular suggestor for quite some time, helping out with formatting and content changes. Please give a warm welcome to:

  1. @mochigirl 🎉

🏷️ Active Projects & Resource Tagging Outreach

If you're looking to help out with working on tagging the resources below or the projects, please reach out to ahmed@ankihub.net and we'll get you setup ASAP ❤️

NBME, CMS, UWSA, Free 120 Forms: @franinator, @konsbks, @riyamehta, @jcbxl1222, @buzzjoon1507, @avarghese95, @h_double_j

DirtyMedicine @awaheed, @thuthiii, @Rasheed

NinjaNerd @tsgraham, @hunterlea91

DivineIntervention Thanks to @windcon, the first episode for Step 2 has been tagged!

Skin of Color Project The Skin of Color Project is an initiative dedicated to addressing disparities in medical education by improving the representation and recognition of dermatologic conditions across diverse skin tones within the Step deck (special thanks to Mari Yasumi!) and thanks to @wilsondong41, @kasey_904 and @mferzoco

House, MD optional tags are still a work in progress (thanks to @pmarbly)

If you'd like to volunteer for any other TV show, or the following, let us know! (Chicago Med, ER, Code Black, Grey's Anatomy)

⌛Active projects that are pending

🏆 Note: Those who contribute a significant amount will be gifted free premium AnkiHub subscriptions!

👋 Wrapping up

Thank you all for your time! Keep studying hard 💪

Take care everyone!

Warm regards,

The AnKing Step Deck Maintainers 🤍

🔗 Useful Links

AnkiHub Documentation Index

📚 AnKing Step Deck Submission Guidelines

AnkiHub Ambassador Application Form

AnKing Step Deck Update Log

Get support from our team https://community.ankihub.net or email us at support@ankihub.net

Want to volunteer for a project? Reach out to ahmed@ankihub.net

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👑 AnKing MCAT Deck Update #19 (April 11th - May 11th)

👑 AnKing MCAT Deck Update #19 (April 11th - May 11th)

Springtime comes and another testing season blooms before us 🌼

 ✅ Deck Updates

The MCAT keeps coming, and we keep growing 🫡

🎉 71,000+ note updates!

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ 33,313 total subscribers!

Still going the only MCAT deck being updated constantly, averaging numerous updates per day for years now and always upward. The better the deck becomes, the more MCAT-hopefuls become medschool-actuals and maybe we'll make the world a slightly better place 💪

And, without further ado:

👷 Projects

We've got some other cool stuff on the horizon that's still in the works, so please keep your eyes (and ears) peeled. But, in the meantime (drum roll):

🧑‍🚒 **Overview**:

The team pushed pretty hard over the last couple of years to bring a lot of big updates, and listing here a quick recap some of the **Greatest Hits** over the last many months:

  • More than 70,000+ total updates (and counting)!
  • We added a bunch of new cards to make a great deck even more greater, and to help push more of those 520-hopefuls onward into medical school (many of them to better overlap with the UWorld textbooks specifically)🩺
  • Tagging via UWorld question bank and UWorld textbooks (the only deck to have both!). 📚
  • Tagging via AAMC content outlines (more info below). 🩻
  • Tagging via Informing Future Doctors High-Yield tags (https://www.informingfuturedoctors.com/). 🥼
  • Lots and lots of new images (a smattering of examples below) to make your studying even better. 📸

📚 **Khan Academy tag update**:

We're looking at updating, and upgrading, the Khan Academy tags just so they're as picture-perfect as can be. In honor of the Pankow deck, and the P/S section as a whole, we want those tags to be pristine so everyone gets a chance at that 132 goodness.

We hope to start on this in earnest in the coming weeks, and will keep y'all updated and posted here as the works gets underway and near completion. 🫡

🎨  Illustration Projects

We’ve added more illustrations, diagrams, and annotated images than you can shake 27-52 sticks at!!

Thanks to u/ahmedafifi, u/Sameem, u/beejumm others.

https://preview.redd.it/gc2a8eq33i0h1.png?width=911&format=png&auto=webp&s=404a1818e05b80da81e8b907be8c5393340a9575

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https://preview.redd.it/4im6r2u53i0h1.png?width=728&format=png&auto=webp&s=792032f524a3a9bf74ea677bb8f9e527356dd246

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🍾 We’re excited to introduce the free and official 👑 **AnKing Lab values deck!**

If you're itching to do some pre-studying before medical school and want to get your feet wet with making sense of lab numbers and the like, we proudly bring you the AnKing lab values deck. :-)

It may not bump your MCAT score all that much, but if you're stuck in the hinterlands awaiting the application cycle and want to get a head start on all those electrolytes and various lab numbers, this deck will help you improve your references and pace on values that no future doctor will ever (fully) escape, so you’re not left guessing whether a sodium of 132 is **low, normal, or high**

This project started as a personal initiative by one of our head maintainers, Ahmed Khudair, to create an AnKing-style lab values deck and has since grown into a collaborative effort by the maintainer team, with custom hand-made illustrations by the lovely Mujeeb Mohammed 💃

This deck is completely free and will remain free forever on AnkiHub. ❤️‍🩹

🔗 Download it here: https://app.ankihub.net/decks/20291420-7638-4e46-b46e-47744ac291ac

👑 Unsuspend cards based on UWorld QID's:

You can unsuspend cards in the deck based on questions as you go along. Using the UWorld to Anki search add-on will let you convert question ID's (QID's) to bring up all the cards related to those questions, making your studying that much more efficient and effective.

(as an aside: this feature alone is worth its weight in gold and played a large part in more than one of our maintainers going 520+ 💪)

👑 AnkiHub Premium Updates & New Features

If you're looking for a deeper dive into the cards, we have various AnkiHub premium updates and new features that can help you get more out of your study sessions, and pump those 500's to 520's

🤖 AnkiHub SmartSearch:

Using a resource that isn't tagged in the MCAT deck? Trying to follow along with overlapping material from a course or tutoring?

**SmartSearch** allows you to find material in the deck that corresponds with your powerpoints, PDF's, even plain text. Give it a whirl, and see if it lends a little momentum or utility to your MCAT preparations: https://ior.ad/a8MI

🤖 New AnkiHub Chatbot Prompts (Generate a Question & Explain Like I’m Five)

Generate a Practice Question:

* If you’ve ever wanted to test yourself on a concept and haven't felt ready to test the waters on UWorld or use up your AAMC questions, you can ask the AnkiHub AI bot questions to get your reps in and get warmed up, and even to generate questions!

Give it a whirl and please let us know how handy you find it; excited to hear what y'all think. 😎

https://preview.redd.it/xnstcaddulug1.png?width=1866&format=png&auto=webp&s=7136c0bedd263664d7b656c441b04b657192cfed

You can see a demo of what it looks like live, here: https://screen.studio/share/Ra63hCY3

👑 Suggest a Change to AnkiHub

Find something you think could be better-phrased, or have an idea for a way to contribute? All AnkiHub users are always welcome, and encouraged, to suggest changes to the deck: https://ior.ad/a8Qj

🏫 **AAMC Content Outline Tags**

We got the entire deck tagged via the AAMC content outline categories, which offers tagging via the AAMC foundational concepts, skills, and topics independent of third-party resources.

https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/9261/download

📝 **UWorld Question Bank Tagging**

If you notice anything there that can be, and isn't yet, tagged please feel free to add a suggestion: https://ior.ad/a8Qj

🫡  We Need Your Help!

The MCAT deck always benefits from contributions from the user base! If you're interested in helping to tag, or create useful images, please reach out; many hands make light work!

If you'd like to lend a hand, or be a contributing effort in the process, please send us an email: brian@ankihub.net

># 🫶🏼 Community Shoutouts

A few community members were outstanding with their suggestions this month and we want to make sure to highlight their contributions and dedication!

Top 3 community members with the most suggestions accepted in the last 30 days:

    1. u/bush9068 (6)
    1. u/anjaligt, u/skoyla (2)
    1. u/Sameem (1)

# 🫶🏼 Most Liked Suggestions

Another domain we’d like to highlight is the number of likes/upvotes a user received for their suggestions in the last month. This usually means their suggestions were very well done, greatly benefited the deck, and were appreciated by their fellow users and MCAT denizens:

  1. u/bush9068 (7)
  2. u/skoyla (4)
  3. u/maiuram (2)

🌊 Wrapping up

Now, let's hear from you! What would you like to see improved or added to the deck? Send a reply in the discussion below to let us know!

To all those who have done well on any exam using the AnKing MCAT deck, we hope the improvements we’ve made (and will continue to make) helped you score higher or made you a bit more confident. To those who are going to sit for the exam soon, we hope the monthly updates add to your learning as much as has to ours. Best of luck, and well-wishes, to everyone ❤️‍🩹

Best wishes,

The AnKing team

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