Sorted by frequency of use
(using the order from Jun Da's Modern Chinese Character Frequency List:
http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/statistics/char/list.php?Which=MO )
NEW, as of December 19 2015, added traditional script (including the multiple origins of simplified characters -- for instance, 发 includes both 發 and 髮 ). Taken from
http://www.sayjack.com/ , can be referenced here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hDUg7KXsUExDgkBYCqXMnzjQEZb2tSakk5VmiKdMgKw/edit?usp=sharing
Includes HSK level (for easy filtering/focus), audio, pinyin, stroke number, radical, meaning and stroke order (animated and font-based when available).
Most info is taken from the MDBG Chinese Dictionary (
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php) but the characters link by default to the Yellow bridge dictionary (
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/dictionary.php)
The cards also use Reinaert Albrecht's Chinese Stroke Order Font:
http://rtega.be/chmn/index.php?subpage=68
I personally use this list to practice my calligraphy, writing the character a couple times before and after seeing the diagram.
All the info in this deck can be referenced from this google sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j5-67vdCUeAuIzmikeCgNmXaFZTuXtT4vesjnrqSOjI/edit?usp=sharing
Note that the diagram errors are a glitch on ankiweb's site, they do not appear on the deck once downloaded.