AnKing v12 Updates Log
If you’d like to help out with any of the following projects for the AnKing Step Deck:
- Illustrations
- DirtyMedicine tags
- Ninjanerd tags
- CMS forms
- NBME forms
- UWSA
- Pixorize
- Sketchy
Please email ahmed@ankihub.net expressing your interest and we’ll get you set up!
November 2025 Updates
★ Sketchy : Brand new review cards and updated review cards added in the Sketchy fields for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ NBME CMS Forms: New Psychiatry, Surgery, and IM CMS form tags added (thanks to @riyamehta and @jcbxl1222 and @konsbks)!
★ UWorld Step 3 : Brand new tags added for various QIDs (thanks to @shmuelsash)!
★ NinjaNerd : Brand new tags added for various videos (thanks to @tsgraham)
★ Step 2 Bootcamp Tags : Brand new Step 2 bootcamp tags regularly being added. Huge thanks to the Bootcamp team!
★ Boards & Beyond : Updated tags added for MSK, pulmonology, and ophthalmology!
October 2025 Updates 
★ Sketchy : Brand new review cards and updated review cards added in the Sketchy fields for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Step 2 Bootcamp Tags : Brand new Step 2 bootcamp tags regularly being added. Huge thanks to the Bootcamp team!
★ Mnemonic card : New mnemonic card added for the NEXUS mnemonic. (Thanks to @andrewmathias8)!
★ Illustration Tags: Tons of new tags added for Ahmed Afifi’s illustrations to further categorize them into subject specific and illustrator specific tags. They can be found in #AK_Other (thanks to @Anas_10)
★ CMS Form Tag Changes: For a while, CMS forms were difficult to find. We will be moving all CMS forms to a new dedicated tag in the Step 2 tag tree. You will find them in #CMS
★ NBME CMS Forms: New Psychiatry and Surgery CMS form tags added (thanks to @jcbxl1222 and @riyamehta)
★ NBME Forms Step 2: New tags added for NBME form 11 (thanks to @franinator)
★ NBME Forms Step 1: New tags added for NBME form 32 and more (thanks to @buzzjoon1507)
September 2025 Updates
★ Sketchy: Brand new review cards and updated review cards added in the Sketchy fields for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Illustrations: New illustrations added! (thanks to @MarcosZan)
★ Step 2 Bootcamp Tags: Brand new Step 2 bootcamp tags have been added. Much more to come soon from the Bootcamp team!
★ Shelf tags: Cards that have redundant or duplicate Shelf tags have been cleaned up to reduce tag bloat (thanks to @andrewmathias8)
★ Pixorize: New Psych video tags and images (thanks to the Pixorize team!)
★ Tag Tree Clean Up: The following changes will be made to the tag tree, you will see a huge number of “notes updated” when you sync with AnkiHub, but these are tag tree changes for the most part
- Moved %AnKingNoteTypes tag to #AK_Other
- Deleted “Step1decks” and “Step2decks” tag as they are duplicates of another tag that we are keeping. The tags that are being kept are “#AK_Original_Decks”. This tag will be moved to #AK_Other to clean up the tag tree
- Moved “!AK_UpdateTags” to “#AK_Other” to clean up tag tree
August 2025 Updates
★ Sketchy: Brand new review cards and updated review cards added in the Sketchy fields for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Pixorize: New neurology images and tags for various videos added (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ UWorld Step 3: 10+ new QID tags added (thanks to @beejumm)
★ Bootcamp: Updated hyperlinks for various videos (thanks to @bootcamp_rmikaelyan)
★ Illustrations: New illustrations added! (thanks to @beejumm)
July 2025 Updates
★ Sketchy Step 2: Sketchy step 2 is fully complete! (huge thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyPath: Brand new review cards added in the Sketchy field for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Sketchy Step 2: Brand new review cards added in the Sketchy field for SketchyIM and SketchyOBGYN! (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Pixorize: New neurology images and tags for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Shelf: New Emergency Medicine shelf tag added. Currently a work in progress. This will make it easier for students who have an EM Shelf to study and prepare for it, without having to comb through various tags trying to find relevant ones. They are currently consisting of the following tags ((huge thanks to @musamalik):
#AK_Step2_v12::#Subjects::Surgery_&EM::03_Toxicology
#AK_Step2_v12::#Subjects::Surgery&EM::03_Burns
#AK_Step2_v12::#Subjects::Surgery&EM::03_Bites
#AK_Step2_v12::#Subjects::Surgery&_EM::03_Hypothermia
#AK_Step2_v12::#OME::06_Surgery::02_Trauma
#AK_Step2_v12::#OME::06_Surgery::03_Surgical_Subspecialties::17_Ortho_Peds
#AK_Step2_v12::#OME::06_Surgery::03_Surgical_Subspecialties::18_Ortho_Hand
#AK_Step2_v12::#OME::06_Surgery::03_Surgical_Subspecialties::19_Ortho_Injuries
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::13_Psych::03_Substance_Abuse
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::10_Neuro::01_Stroke_and_Hemorrhage
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::01_Pulmonary_Disease::02_Asthma
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::01_Pulmonary_Disease::03_COPD_Diagnosis
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::01_Pulmonary_Disease::04_COPD_Treatment
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::01_Pulmonary_Disease::06_Pneumonia
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::02_Critical_Care::01_Shock
#AK_Step2_v12::#B&B::14_Pulmonary_Critical_Care::02_Critical_Care::03_Sepsis_ARDS
#AK_Step2_v12::#SketchySurgery::02_Trauma,_Burns,_Critical_Care
★ NBME Step 2: New tags for various NBME forms (9, 12, etc.) (thanks to @aleja1)
★ Boards & Beyond Step 1: All endocrinology tags have been updated to match the new website hierarchy. 2 new categories (anesthesia and ophthalmology) have also been added. Further updates to other updated categories will follow soon!
June 2025 Updates 
Summary
★ Sketchy Step 2: Sketchy step 2 is fully complete! (huge thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyIM: 100s of new tags, hyperlinks, and images added to videos and image-based lessons (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ Illustrations: New illustrations added! (thanks to @mohannadkh10 , @NIKI1102, @beejumm, @IantheBFG)
★ Bootcamp: The new gastroenterology tags have been fully added!
★ Sketchy Step 2: Brand new review cards added in the Sketchy field for SketchyIM and SketchyOBGYN! (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Pixorize: New images and tag for Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms (thanks to @victoriamarino)
- Brand new images and tags added for various neuro pixorize videos (Brown-Sequard, UMN lesions vs LMN lesions, syringomelia) (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ UWorld Step 3: 10+ new QID tags added (thanks to @beejumm)
★ High Yield Project: The high yield project is now 100% complete! (thank you to all the maintainers that helped out!). As a short recap, this tag was introduced after Step 1 went Pass/Fail, and the tags were organized based on the question “how much do I need this card to answer practice questions”. It was around 85% completed, but is now 100% completed. Most notably, the new tags encompass a lot of biochemistry and pharmacology that was previously not tagged.
★ PANCE: 500+ new tags added! (thanks to @camicardona)
May 2025 Updates
Summary
★ SketchyIM: 100s of new tags, hyperlinks, and images added to videos and image-based lessons (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyPeds: 100s of new tags, hyperlinks, and images added to videos and image-based lessons (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyAnatomy: Added updated lesson-specific images to certain videos and hyperlinks (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyBiochem: Updated tag tree to align with order of the Sketchy website. (thanks to @victoriamarino and @ahmed7!)
★ SketchyFM: Tagged all relevant image-based lessons, SketchyFM is now fully updated (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyNeuro: 100s of new tags added for image-based lessons, SketchyNeuro is now fully updated! thanks to @victoriamarino and @ahmed7!)
★ Bootcamp: Brand new tags added for gastroenterology to align with the new videos. “V2” will be used to delineate the new tags, and they will be replaced after a brief grace period (thanks to Bootcamp and @bootcamp_rmikaelyan)
April 2025 Updates
Summary
★ First Aid Step 2: First Aid Step 2 tags (6000+) have now been added! You can find them in the following tag: tag:#AK_Step2_v12::#FirstAid
Please note: These tags provide a foundation to build from; they are not perfect, so mistakes are to be expected. The tags will be improved over time.
If you find a card that should be tagged for a section, but isn’t, please feel free to suggest it. Same with a card that is added but shouldn’t be. Your help will make a big difference! 
★ SketchyPeds : 100s of new images, hyperlinks, and tags added for pediatric videos (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ Sketchy : 200+ formatting changes to the Sketchy field for various Step 1 videos (thanks to @epcase!)
★ PANCE: 200+ new tags added! (thanks to @camicardona)
★ SketchyIM : 100s of new images, hyperlinks, and tags added for internal medicine videos (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ NBME : New tags added for various forms (thanks to @dsheth1!)
★ Skin of Color Project: New images added to various cards (thanks to @ianthebfg!)
March 2025 Updates
Summary
★ SketchyIM: New tags and images added for retired videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Illustrations: Tons of new diagrams added! (thanks to @beejumm)
★ NBME: New tags added for NBME Form 10 (thanks to @docox123)
★ PANCE: 500+ new tags added! (thanks to @camicardona)
★ UWorld Step 3: New tags added for UWorld Step 3 questions! (thanks to @beejumm)
★ Formatting: Tons of minor formatting updates to cards (removal of “ ” - thanks to @DillingerMed)
February 2025 Updates 
Summary
★ SketchyPeds : 100s of new images, hyperlinks, and tags added for pediatric videos (neonatal conjunctivitis DDx, congenital TORCH infections, etc.) (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
★ SketchyOBGYN : Tons of new images, hyperlinks, and tags added for videos (thanks to @victoriamarino!)
- Screenshots that had black borders around them are in the process of being replaced
★ Sketchy: Missing tags added for Step 1 Sketches (thanks to @amahant)
★ Bootcamp: 100s of tags and hyperlinks added to various cards (thanks to the official Bootcamp team!
★ AMBOSS: Question ID tags not relevant to questions have been removed from various cards (thanks to @DillingerMed)
★ Illustrations: Tons of new diagrams and illustrations added! (thanks to @beejumm and @AhmedAfifi)
★ PANCE: 1000+ new tags added! (thanks to @camicardona)
★ Tag Clean up: The $AnKingAdds and $AnKingUpdates tags have been removed to clean up the tag hierarchy as they are not necessary or needed anymore with AnkiHub syncing
★ High Yield Project: Work on the project has resumed! We aim to have it completed within a few months or less (thanks to @mohannadkh10, @thomas.holmes, @Ahmed7)
**★ AnkiHub Image Ready Tags: 10,000+ tags removed that are no longer necessary. These were used as part of the image replacement project 2 years ago.
January 2025 Updates 
★ SketchyIM : New tags + hyperlinks + images added for various videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ Bootcamp: 100s of new tags and hyperlinks added to various cards (thanks to the official Bootcamp team!
★ SketchyPeds: 50+ new images, hyperlinks, and tags added for Spine disorder pediatric video (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ SketchyOBGYN: Tons of new tags and images added for various OBGYN videos (thanks to @victoriamarino)
★ SketchyBiochem: New tags + images + hyperlinks for videos (thanks to @joshuamb)
★ Illustrations: New tags added for subjects for better organization, find them under “!AK_UpdateTags::AnKing_Image::!Subjects”
★ Boards & Beyond: We will be rolling out fixes early next week (Monday/Tuesday) to dramatically reduce card counts and remove any “Only_step_2” tags from Step 1 cards
- The update has been released. We have reduced card counts for BNB drastically and no Step 1 cards have “Only_step_2” tags anymore.
★ Step 2 NBME: New tags added for NBME form 9 (thanks to @cardamomo)