https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/4010
With regards to the last half of this (though to be honest i m not sure if what we learned in storymode can apply to the game anymore or not) we have to imbue creatures with parts of our soul, the ve, the vp etc, it seemed to me like they were inert things that needed more to become fully alive almost like a toy but we supply the batteries. (i also understood this to be why there were so few npcs)