Once Cynical Loner has been blocked by a creature, giving that creature the Glimmer creature type won't cause Cynical Loner to become unblocked
It's widely agreed upon that the second iteration is the stronger of the two, while remaining true to the design of the original, The Infinite Gyre
Now theres hundreds of sub-$5 copies on TCGPlayer and plenty available close to $3 as people try to get what they can for the card

Each deck contains: 1 60-card starter deck including 2 foil cards 11 Tokens 1 Rulebook 1 Booster pack containing 12 randomized cards Decklist: Amethyst & Steel 2 Akela - Wolf Pack Elder 2 Arthur - Wart 1 Fa Zhou - War Hero 3 Giant Cobra - Ghostly Serpent 3 HeiHei - Rambling Rooster 2 Helga Sinclair - Tough as Nails 1 Iago - Giant Spectral Parrot 3 Jafar - Aspiring Ruler 1 Jafar - Newly Crowned 2 Kashekim - Ancient Ruler 2 King Hubert - Phillip's Father 1 Madam Mim - Cheating Spellcaster 3 Mufasa - Respected King 2 Pain - Impudent Imp 2 Panic - High-Strung Imp 3 Rajah - Ghostly Tiger 1 Raya - Guidance Seeker 3 Razoul - Menacing Guard 2 Royal Guard - Bovine Protector 2 Tanana - Tribal Elder 2 Te Ka - Lava Monster 2 The Carpenter - Dinner Companion 2 Treasure Guardian - Foreboding Sentry 2 Amethyst Coil 2 A Very Merry Unbirthday 2 Double Trouble 2 Magical Maneuvers 1 Restoring the Crown 2 Retrosphere 2 Training Dummy 2 Beagle Boys - Small-Time Crooks 3 Belle - Apprentice Inventor 1 Beast - Frustrated Designer 1 Belle - Mechanic Extraordinaire 2 Chaca - Impressive Daughter 3 Cogsworth - Climbing Clock 2 Cy-Bug - Invasive Enemy 2 Donald Duck - Focused Flatfoot 2 Edgar Balthazar - Ambitious Butler 2 Gaetan Moliere - The Mole 3 Jebidiah Farnsworth - Expedition Cook 1 Kida - Creative Thinker 1 Lyle Tiberius Rourke - Crystallized Mercenary 2 Marie - Favored Kitten 1 Maurice - Unconventional Inventor 2 Moana - Island Explorer 2 Monsieur D'Arque - Despicable Proprietor 2 Robin Hood - Eye for Detail 2 Sir Kay - Unruly Knight 3 Stabbington Brother - Without a Patch 3 Toby - Dogged Companion 1 All is Found 2 Ever as Before 2 Gold Coin 2 Helping Hand 2 Longboat 3 Maurice's Machine 2 Medal of Heroes 2 Ruby Coil 2 Unconventional Tool Booster pack rarity breakdown: 2 Rares, super rares, or legendaries 3 Uncommons 6 Commons 1 Foil card of any rarity Related Products

As a reminder, Collector Boosters don't necessarily contain 'better' cards than Play Boosters, they just contain rarer versions
Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants fills out the cards at four mana