Am I the only who beat ToS:DotNW without using a mystic arte?

[Saki]

I never learned how to do one and I never really needed to use one. I mean I went through the game just fine without them though I guess they couldve made it easier. Especially in the final Alice fight. That shit was harder than the final boss fight.
I also beat the game around late lvl 50 or early 60.