Power to manipulate sand. Variation of Earth Manipulation.
Also Called
- Psammokinesis
- Sand Control
- Sandbending
- Abacomancy
Capabilities
Users can control the finely divided rock and mineral particles of earth and control, shape and otherwise manipulate it to their advantage. They can manipulate the density of sand to make it very dense and solid or diffuse and liquid or almost mist-like. User can dehydrate the moisture out of anything containing moisture such as plants, dirt or animals, causing them to crumble into sand/dust.
Applications
- Create/generate/increase sand of any grain-side or shape (rough/smooth, dust-like/coarse).
- Shape, compress, and/or otherwise manipulate sand.
- Generate pits of quicksand.
- Burrowing with choice between simply gliding through sand or leaving tunnel.
- Matter Surfing by creating pillar or wave of sand for riding.
- Psammokinetic Constructs, including weapons, walls, armor or allies/servants.
- Move/lift sand at nearly any speed whether in/on surface, air or water.
- Matter Surfing by riding a mass of sand.
- Missile Generation with anything from dust or grains sand (sand-blasting)
Techniques
Variations
Associations
Limitations
- Water and Water Manipulation can make sand heavier and harder to manipulate.
- Blood Manipulation does the same.
- Fire Manipulation can melt sand into glass.
- Ice Manipulation/Freezing can turn sand solid.
- Sand can be weighed down when mixed with a powder of higher density, such as iron or gold dust, thus reducing manipulation.
Known Users
- Gressil (Ghost Rider movie)
- Flint Marko/Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Sandy Hawkins/Sandman (DC Comics)
- Crocodile (One Piece)
- Runugana (Bleach)
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Shukaku (Naruto)
- Gordon Hovey (Heroes)
- Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Sandbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Tim Westcott (Smallville)
- Dust (Marvel Comics)
- Ground-Type Pokemon (Pokemon)
- Hotep-Ra (Danny Phantom)
- Arceus (Pokemon)
- Mew (Pokemon)
- The Sand (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- The Element Lord of Sand (BIONICLE)
- Lugunganga (Bleach)
- Ganju Shiba (Bleach)
- Sif (legend of the sand lord)
- Murray (Hotel Transylvania)
- Sanderson "The Sandman" McSnoozy (Rise of the Guardians)
- Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
Gallery
By training his Devil's Fruit ability of the Suna Suna no Mi, Crocodile (One Piece) is powerful enough to turn nearly anything he comes in contact into sand as well as transform into sand by reflex.
Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) learned also this variation of Earth Bending
And Toph has gotten very good at her new-found skill...
Gaara (Naruto) uses his chakra to control the sand.
Marco Flint/Sandman (Spider Man) can transform his body into sand, harden it to enhance his durability and shape his hands into weapons.