Ruling Less than 0 prizes left...?

[DNA]

The title of this is a bit weird, but bear with me. This is a little situation I had at Regionals during a fun game.

I was vsing a Gyarados deck with Cursegar, and the end situation was as follows.

My opponent has a Gyarados active with Expert Belt attached, plus 8 damage counters (so 70 HP remaining). I have a Faintingar active that has been leveled-up (so 100 HP remaining). We both have exactly 1 prize remaining. He Tail Revenges me for 110 damage, knocking me out. Then I use Fainting Spell. In the actual match, I flipped tails so I lost, but I want to present a hypothetical scenario.

Is it possible for there to be a state where you have less than 0 prizes left? I ask because, if I had flipped heads on Fainting Spell, I would be entitled to take 2 prize cards, leaving my opponent with 0, and me with 0, plus 1 more prize card to take.

Would this force Sudden Death (as I'm assuming it would), or would I win (if the 'less than 0 prizes' state exists)?

 

[King Arceus]

It depends on how many ways you win. If one player has a benched Pokemon and the other doesn't, the player with the benched Pokemon wins. If both or neither player has a benched Pokemon, sudden death is played.~Mark

 

[DNA]

We both had Benched Pokemon remaining, so...yeah, it would force Sudden Death. Thanks for the answer.

 

[capt.penguin]

Yeah something like this happen to me at grinders i had no basic pokemon on the bench so lost