Step Between Worlds is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 70 in that set, with art by Chris Ostrowski. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Each player may shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. Each player who does draws seven cards. Exile Step Between Worlds.
Plot {4}{U}{U} (You may pay {4}{U}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Step Between Worlds by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
Step Between Worlds has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
Printing
Rarity
Year
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #321
Rare
2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #70p
Rare
2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #70s
Rare
2024
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Step Between Worlds, newest first.
If a plotted card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”
A player whose hand and/or graveyard contain no cards can still choose to shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. If they do, they’ll still draw seven cards.
You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.
If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.
Players decide and announce in turn order, starting with the active player, whether they want to shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. Then, all players who chose to do so shuffle their hands and graveyards into their libraries and draw seven cards. Players later in the turn order will know the choices made by players before them.
Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.