(Mod)
Smuggled contraband - 0 points

''You may keep your equipped illicit upgrade card hidden face down from your opponent. You must reveal this card when you wish to activate the illicit action written on the card.''

Could be an interesting addition to several illicit upgrades, including hot shot blaster, rigged cargo chute, dead man's switch... keep your opponent guessing!

Thoughts?

It's interesting for sure, but submitting squad lists will become a little more stressful as you try to prevent other players from learning your tricks. Also, as soon as you use it first round, you can expect that your opponent will tell everybody else, and it will no longer be secret, in a tournament setting. I'm not sure if I'd use it.

Yeah, I agree, it’s a cool idea, but difficult to carry out. That’s why Cikatro Vizago is a cool idea - you switch out your Illicit with another one, so you can trick your opponent and have a secret strategy unfold halfway through the game. If there was a zero-cost mod that had Vizago’s ability, I’d definitely use it!

I think the only way to make this work is as follows:

Smuggled contraband 2 points, illicit

You may equip another illicit upgrade for up to 2 points for free, face down. At any point, you may discard this card to flip that illicit upgrade faceup.