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+import scrython
+
+# oops, we asked for an exact match to a card, but failed to put the name in quotes
+# that's going to throw a Scryfall error
+try:
+    search = scrython.cards.Search(q="!Black Lotus")
+except scrython.ScryfallError as e:
+    print(str(e.status) + ' ' + e.code + ': ' + e.details)