- "The fiercest hunters in the Tangle don’t seek out the mantises. They are the mantises."
- ― Tangle Mantis Flavor Text, Magic: The Gathering
- "Mantis riders know their mounts owe them no allegiance. Even a mantis ridden for years would consume a rider who loses focus for only a moment."
- ― Mantis Rider Flavor Text, Magic: The Gathering
Power to use the abilities of mantises. Variation of Insect Physiology.
Also Called
- Mantis Body/Form/Mimicry
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into mantises.
Applications
- Antenna Protrusion
- Appendage Generation/Multiple Arms
- Camouflage
- Dermal Armor
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Balance
- Enhanced Bite
- Enhanced Dexterity
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Speed
- Enhanced Strength
- Lunglessness
- Predator Instinct
- Size Reduction
- Sword Arm
- Wing Manifestation/Flight
Associations
Mantises are associated with great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus user with this power may have access to: Mystical Martial Arts, Enhanced Combat, Spiritual Meditation.
Known Users
See Also: Slaying Mantis.
Cartoons
- Lex Lighting/Titanium Lex (Super Mansion)
- Frau Mantis (Super Mansion)
- Repo Mantis (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Movies
Live Television
- She-Mantis (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Mantis (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Praying Mantis (Power Rangers In Space)
- Mantevil (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
- Mantor (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
Anime/Manga
- Mantris (Bakugan)
- Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
- Waineton (Bleach)
- Kamakyuri (One Punch Man)
- Mkira (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
- Kirihito Kamachi(Vigilante - My Hero Academia: Illegals)
RPGs
- Achaekek (Pathfinder)
Video Games
- Ripper (Bombmerman)
- Snimon (Digimon)
- Scizor (Pokémon)
- Scyther (Pokémon)
- Fomantis (Pokémon)
- Lurantis (Pokémon)
- Mantis Men (Portal 2/Lego Dimensions)
- Slicer (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Other
- Mantis (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Giant Praying Mantises (Goosebumps)