The exam is already published. Most students take the next form without revising the last one.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published · Updated
An Anki deck built from the NBME forms: every question turned into a card, explained underneath and sorted by system, so you can revise every form you've already taken before you take the next one. There are 2 decks. Step 1 covers NBME 20 to 34 and the Free 120: 4,493 cards in 18 systems. Step 2 CK covers NBME 9 to 16 (NBME 15 is the CCSSA) and both Free 120s: 1,840 cards in 16 systems.
Why it existsBefore every NBME, I did 2 things. I revised my notes, which was my First Aid book. And I did a full-cycle revision of every NBME I had already taken, before I let myself give the next one. I did this for every one of my Steps.
The First Aid revision got irritating, so it became the FA Foundation Anki. The NBME cycle became an entire Anki deck: this one.
Why it works: the NBME retires forms. It does not retire logic. The concepts tested on forms 30–31 already appeared on 20–25. New vignette, same trap. The exam you are about to take has, in substance, already been published.
2 decks. Tap the Step you're preparing for.
What a card is. Every form was gone through topic by topic. Each card gives you a short clue, paraphrased (never the NBME's wording), and the exact thing the form asked. The back gives the answer in 1 line and teaches the concept underneath, so the point lodges instead of being read once and lost. The Foundation deck teaches you the book. The Booster teaches you the exam.
What it does to a score. Students who run it properly, system-wise and to completion, have moved from 49% to 75% on their NBMEs in 15–20 days. Not because they learned new medicine in 3 weeks. Because they stopped being surprised.
Open the Step 1 NBME BoosterAll 18 systems, NBME 20 to 34 and the Free 120. Free 3-day trial, no card needed.
Open the deck →NBME 34 is the newest: 200 cards, added in October 2026. On Step 1 the Free 120 is realistic practice, not a predictor: only NBME 31, 32 and 33 carry a verdict.
You took form 28 last week and form 29 is next week. Run the Booster across 20 through 28, every system, to completion. That is every point the exam has already asked, front-loaded into the days before you take the next one.
If you are on the 62–65% plateau, this is the third move on that page and the one marked most important. Which form to take next is its own decision: the exact NBME order. Harvest each form the same day with the review protocol.
It's not a learning deck. Building the book is the First Aid method; repairing a broken system is Mehlman; question technique is the RPSR method for UWorld. The Booster comes after all of that.
Pharmacology only, for the final weekThe NBME Booster pharmacology deck: 338 cards from the same forms.
Open pharm Booster →What a card is. 1 card per NBME question. The front is the short clue, condensed, with the vitals line. The back gives the answer in 1 line, the teaching point, and a coach explanation of why. Filter by form, by system, by the task the question asked (next best step, most likely diagnosis, best initial treatment and 15 more), by difficulty, or only the high-yield cards (522 of them).
Forms. Pick several forms at once and revise them together: that's the full cycle before your next NBME.
Open the Step 2 CK NBME BoosterAll 16 systems, every form in the deck. Step 2 CK Anki is a separate unlock in the Vault: the 3-day trial opens the Step 1 decks.
Open Step 2 CK →For Step 2 CK, trust the trend on NBME 13, 15 and 16, and the Free 120, which is the most predictive test for Step 2 CK. What I have seen: above 80% on the Free 120 means good chances of 250+. Take every form offline.
Take the form. Read the number. Feel something. Move on. The 1 document that lists exactly what the exam wants from you, filed away, unread. Taking another form without harvesting the last one is paying for the same diagnosis twice.
A form isn't a verdict. It's a reading list. Every question you missed is the exam telling you, in writing, what it will ask again. If you are using the number on top to decide whether you are ready, read this instead.
The last month, day by day — where the Booster falls, plus the pharmacology-only deck and the NBME Images Anki.
Stuck at 62–65% — the 3 moves, with this deck as the third.
The exact NBME order — which form to take, and when.
The NBME review protocol — how to harvest a form the same day.
Foundation versus Booster — which deck does which job.
The Anki decks tier list — every deck, ranked.