Stan Allen, editor of MAGIC Magazine, has officially announced his retirement and the two-year going away party that goes with it. “I’m excited to do things I have always wanted to do, but couldn’t do before with a standard magazine,” says Stan. “We are going to break a few rules and shake things up a bit — it should be fun.”

MAGIC Legacy will only be available in print, and will also come with exclusive bonuses, including a full deck of gimmicked cards. These special issues are only available by subscription and even the ship dates will be a surprise. All we know is that 25 issues will be shipped by August 2018 (the next MAGIC Live and the conclusion of this two-year celebration).

Justin Willman talked to Stan Allen at MAGIC Live right after the big announcement and dug a little deeper into why Stan is doing Legacy issues and what we can expect.

“I considered many options as I thought about the future of MAGIC Magazine. I had a few offers to buy it, but the more I considered those, the more it felt wrong to sell my ‘baby’.” Stan explains, “I started MAGIC Magazine from scratch, and it just feels right to finish it off by putting it on the shelf as a complete body of work.”

All subscribers will also get an exclusive Legacy Deck. This is not just a cool deck of cards. It is a deck of 52 specially gaffed cards. The gaffed cards and the routines that go with them alone have a higher retail value than the cost of MAGIC Legacy. Readers will also have a chance to submit trick ideas for the gaffs that could possibly be included in one of the final issues.

MAGIC Legacy has a cover price of $10 per issue, making it $250 for the complete set in the U.S. But if you sign up today you can get the Early Bird Special of only $140. If you like, you can even split that into four payments of $35. Plus the first 10,000 subscribers get a free gift.

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