Address book list not in a group

I have all my contacts syncing through iCloud from the iMac, iPhone and iPad.
I have a group called iPhone. This contains the main contacts I use on the iPhone.
It's easy to see the contacts in the iPhone group and remove the ones I no longer need in the group.
The part I can't figure out, how can I display all the contacts that are not in the iPhone group to see which ones I may want to add?
I tried to use the Smart Group "Card is not a member of iPhone" but it displays the entire contact list including the contacts in the iPhone group.
I tested the Smart Group "Card is a member of iPhone" and it displayed only those contacts in iPhone.
I am either missing something or this Smart group is broken.
Any other suggestions on how to display all contacts NOT in a certain group?
This would also be useful to ensure holiday list is complete.
Thanks.

Thanks.
I also don't have any "On My Mac" contacts anymore since activating iCloud.
It's probably a bug since the Smart Group properly recognizes the iPhone group when I use "is a member of".
Just not when I use "is not a member of".

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