How exactly does Muki Tensei work?

[Beans2]

I would like to know the details of this technique. The way Kabuto described it makes it sound hella OP.

 

[Pecnut]

It's a sage art technique which basically allows him to manipulate non living material and use it at his own will. He can bend the shape, make it grow, make it smaller etc. He can then use it to attack his enemy

 

[Joon]

The Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation allows the user to control things that have no life functions by gifting them with some of their own life force, allowing the user to freely manipulate the substance according to their will. The extent of the user's control goes beyond normal manipulation through chakra, meaning that even drastic alterations to the immediate environment can occur both suddenly and unexpectedly, making attacks using this method extremely difficult to avoid even for someone with the Sharingan.

Intense heat — such as that produced by the flames of Amaterasu — can counter the effects of this technique, causing affected inorganic materials to revert to their previous state. [Wikia]

 

[dark legion]

he said "Nature is my alley " which refers to the cave , but I think he prepared that once he built the Barrier .

 

[Joon]

he said "Nature is my alley " which refers to the cave , but I think he prepared that once he built the Barrier .

0_0 He manipulated the cave at will after he entered Sage Mode. He prepared for nothing. It was as if he performed a technique on a whim.

 

[The Ramen Guy]

Using sage powers to manipulate the area to his advantage.

 

[Beans2]

But does this technique work only on rocks and solids and stuff? Can it work on water? Let's say he was in a battle with Gaara, could he use Muki tensei to shift control over the sand from Garra to himself?

 

[Behemoth55]

beansandcornbread2,
No, Gaara controls the sand with his own chakra, even involuntarily. And Kabuto can't aquire contol on that chakra. So, in this case Muki Tensei is of low importance.