as stated above, other than drawing 100s of spells, the junction system was quite cool. (though it did make the game quite easy...)
probably the reason why this guy's trying this challenge?
http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=78007
he also beat ffIX with a level one party! (ozma too!) and in case you were wondering, yes, thats me, and my cat-tastic sig!