The snitch didn't stop with just a few puppets, it kept flying around the room and spraying its golden powder all over the puppets in this cave.
But the puppets weren't just standing still for the snitch to drop its golden powder on them.
After a moment of shock, the Control Toad reacted and immediately made the puppets avoid the golden powder.
It was just that the puppets moved too slow compared to the snitch and not all of the puppets were able to avoid the golden powder. There were many of them that suddenly dropped after the golden powder fell onto them.
The ones that did get out of the way huddled against the walls to avoid the golden powder that remained in the air.
The Control Toad realized that it was in a very bad position now.
This cave would have given it the advantage since all of its puppets were gathered around and could protect it. However, that was on the condition that nothing could be done to its puppets.