If the middle mode is chosen more than once, you choose the relative order to return the target creatures
This is the sweet spot in Commander to me: the power-to-dollar ratio is at its highest around this price point, and can be easily tweaked to increase or decrease in power as you see fit
If it helps, think of Items and Characters as similar (Game changing, multiple use), and Actions and Songs as similar (one-use, instant, discarded immediately after use)
The benefits of shaving your opponents life down are twofold as this also triggers proliferation meaning you get to double any existing counters on your creatures
You can still get most of these precons individually, but the Final Fantasy 7 Cloud deck is long gone
In fact, I often find I enjoy building decks almost as much as I enjoy playing the game