I got through the tutorial, but I didn't really get much farther than that. I never beat the GBA version either, so I'm probably going to have to use a walkthrough. I hear that if you have a clear save of FM+ you get new cards in ReCoM, so I guess I'll wait until I beat that before playing any further.

At first I was apprehensive toward the card system, but it's actually pretty fun once you get used to it.