I guess you are right but you don't really need to be a master of junctioning to understand the game thats why the automatic functions are there and I did my first play-through when I was a kid completely unaware of the card mechanics at all lol, I only knew the game existed but never used the card refining functions and I upgraded 1 or 2 weapons at best lol.

But I think it is unrealistic to ask someone to go play Final Fantasy IV as their first entry because in 2019 everyone's used to better graphics and I am so sure that 9 out of 10 people will pass if you show them how the game looks, you have to get them invested on the series first with something slightly more modern first.