If you chose more than one mode and the target of one of those modes becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected
Youve also got ways to bounce them all to your hand, like Retract and Hurkyl's Recall to cast them all multiple times a turn
And while there would be further expansion of this design space in the future, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker confirmed for the audience that pre-mending planeswalkers still existed in some fashion
Thanks to the popularity of wheel effects like Windfall combined with draw hosers like Narset, Parter of Veils, Alms Collector generally ends up doing a lot of heavy lifting
They can all be upgraded to include more powerful or pricey cards, but theyre currently built to fit in comfortably at any mid-powered table
The downside is that you won't be able to access the mana you put into Ice Cauldron