At first the sword was stuck in a stone outside Excalibur's lighthouse, but after Dr. Doom tried to use it nad Kitty to take over Limbo, it somehow incorporated itself within Shadowcat. Months later, the evil magician Darkmoor possessed Shadowcat and tried to make her turn over the sword. Eventually he possessed Nightcrawler, to attack Kitty from the outside, but he was defeated. Amanda Sefton then convinced Kitty to give her the Soulsword, which she then turned over to her mother Margali. Margali, mad for power, used the sword to kill all of the magicians ahead of her on the Winding Way. She then gave herself a new body and joined the London Hellfire Club. However, when Margali tried to tap into the demon under London, she was overwhelmed, and when Excalibur severed her from the interface, she and the Soulsword were captured by Belasco, Magik's mentor and ruler of Limbo. Belasco also planned to use the Soulsword to gain power, but was eventually defeated by Margali, Amanda and Nightcrawler. The Soulsword, which had been knocked off of Belasco's tower during the battle, broke through the surface of Limbo in an armor-coated hand, perhaps signifying Magik's return. The result of that apparition was never revealed, and currently Amanda (Magik II) is the holder of the Soulsword and Ruler of Limbo.

Magik II's Soulsword

In Magik II's hands, the Soulsword's shape has changed a little, and the more experienced sorceress has increased its functions to include drawing spells and stepping disks in the air. Recently, Magik secretly sent the Soulsword to Nightcrawler, integrating it with him, to keep it out of danger in Limbo. The sword's presense attracted all manner of supernatural entities to Kurt, placing him and his friends in grave danger until Magik finally revealed its presence to him. Later, Mephisto tried to bribe Kurt into keeping the Soulsword out of the impending War Between Good and Evil, but Kurt refused. The Sword remains bonded to Nightcrawler.

Note: The Exile named Magik also wielded a sword, but her weapon was identified as a "Soul Sword of Bata's Circle," and was not the same as Earth-616's Soulsword. The Soul Sword could cut through living flesh, and was mystical in nature, with the ability to destroy vampires, including the Vampire King. Magik's first Soul Sword was taken by Archangel in battle, but she was able to conjure a new one almost immediately. Where the sword came from is unknown.