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Thanos ( Josh Brolin ) came up with the idea to garner the six Infinity Stones , but many other characters in theMarvel Cinematic Universealso wield them at some distributor point . The three phases of Marvel ’s Infinity Saga focused on the straight-out power of theInfinity Stones and the Avengers ' questto protect the universe from the devastating effects they can cause when used together . Despite their greatest efforts , Thanos accomplishes it and waste half the macrocosm before the remaining heroes go back in time to undo this atrociousness .
The Space Stone is inclose inCaptain America : The First Avenger . The Mind Stone is introduced inThe Avengers . The Power Stone debut inGuardians of the Galaxy . The Reality Stone make its first appearance inThor : The Dark World . The Time Stone is a key component ofDoctor Strange , and the Soul Stone make water its highly awaited debut inAvengers : Infinity War . Each of the six Infinity Stones represents an all important aspect of universe . Together , they have the superpower to strike the entire creation , as Thanos examine when he tack them in hisInfinity Gauntletand wipe one-half of all life with only a snap of his fingers .
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Although comparatively unnoticeable to most of the population of the cosmos , the Infinity Stones operate through many hands before Thanos finally pull together them all . However , not all those who interact with the Stones are hefty or knowledgable enough to directly expend their powers . So , as telling as Goose ’s Tesseract - flavored repast is inCaptain Marvel , she does n’t reallywieldthe Space Stone . Voluntarily or involuntarily , there are quite a few characters who do .
Red Skull
Johann Shmidt , more infamously sleep with as the Red Skull(Hugo Weaving ) , is the ground why the Space Stone becomes a cardinal piece of music in the account of the earth in the MCU , as he ’s the one who uncovers it after the Asgardians hid it on Earth . aim to turn World War II in favour of HYDRA , he practice its cosmic free energy to power all sorts of Nazi munition until Captain America ( Chris Evans ) foild his plan . Red Skull flees on a bomber plane and grabs the Tesseract with his bare hand , but the Space Stone teleport him to Vormir , where he becomes the guardian of the Soul Stone , getting cursed to a foresightful life of"guiding others to a gem he can not own " .
Loki
One would think the God of Mischief would have occur up with some shenanigans involving an Infinity Stone sometime before his thousandth natal day . fortuitously for the universe of discourse , that was n’t the case . Loki ( Tom Hiddleston ) first get along in tangency with an Infinity Stone when Thanos supply him with the sceptre , a Chitauri arm that transmit the Mind Stone ’s force into strong blasts of energy and grant him the power to command minds . Unbeknownst to Loki , his brain is also influenced by the Scepter , which heightens his thirst for power and his hate for his house .
Despite failing to retrieve the Tesseract for Thanos , he becomes infatuate with it and steals it inThor : Ragnarokwhile Asgard burn off to the earth . As opposed to Red Skull , Loki ’s reverent nature allows him to deal it with his bare hands , as reckon inAvengers : Infinity Warwhen he cede it to the Mad Titan moments before his demise . portion finds its means , however , and the Tesseract end up at his feet when the Avengers time change of location to 2012 inAvengers : Endgame , prompt him to take the chance and grab it to teleport himself off their custody and into his own Disney+ show .
Jane Foster
In the MCU , Jane Foster ( Natalie Portman ) has a big habit of getting dragged to adventure by cosmic forces . First , it ’s the violent storm that sent Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) expression - first into her truck in the firstThorfilm . Second , it ’s none other than theReality Stonein the variant of the Aether inThor : The Dark World . As a committed scientist and lover of all thing Asgardian , she notice a portal to the hidden location of the Aether , which chooses her as its host and seep into her body . The center protects her from all external damage but at the same time eats off at her body . as luck would have it , Thor takes her to Asgard to introduce her to her in - laws and attempt to take out the Aether , but it ’s the Dark Elf Malekith ( Christopher Eccleston ) who drain it from her .
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Malekith
The only being more obsessed with the Reality Stone other than Thanos is Malekith , leader of the Dark Elves . His master goal in sprightliness is to use it to submerge the universe into darkness . During the first struggle against Thor ’s grandfather Bor ( Tony Curran ) and theAsgardians , Malekith receive millimetrically close to the Aether before the Asgardian army attacks him and impound the marrow . It ’s only until Malekith meets Jane Foster that he ’s able to drain it from her soundbox and absorb it . With the Aether in spite of appearance , he can hold his own against Thor and snipe him with it . However , Malekith does n’t know the full extent of its abilities , and he ’s quickly vote down without ever using it to manipulate the material of realism as Thanos does inAvengers : Infinity War .
Carina
Among all of the users of the Infinity Stones , the Krylorian noncitizen Carina ( Ophelia Lovibond ) remain firm out as a role whose bravery immensely outweighs her physical weakness . Even after learning how destructive the Power Stone is , she dare to grab it in an attempt to kill her masterThe Collector ( Benicio del Toro)and destroy his cherished lair , distressingly exploding in the mental process . Her decision to end it all with a bang instead of suffer a life of subjugation as The Collector ’s slave talk mass of what she had to suffer under his pair , though her daze expression while she attain for the Stone could also be read as its debauch influence on her .
Eson The Searcher and The Cosmic Beings
As The gatherer exemplify to the Guardians of the Galaxy before Carina destroys his museum , the Celestial Eson was one of the only beings in the universe strong enough to wield an Infinity Stone without buckle under to its intensiveness . The upcomingEternalsmovie may let out who hide the Infinity Stonesafter the Celestials go but for now , the only uncommitted information is that some metre after Eson ’s possession of the Power Stone , a group of mysterious cosmic beings tried to handle it together before getting overwhelmed and exploding .
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Ronan The Accuser
Thanos on the face of it worry very little about Loki ’s bankruptcy to remember the Tesseract since his next move is to entrust Ronan The Accuser ( Lee Pace ) with the task of retrieve the Power Stone . Unsurprisingly , Ronan follows Loki ’s steps and endeavor to break off Thanos ' command as presently as he obtains it , leaving behind his flock todestroy the major planet Xandarin substitution for the Stone . wassail with power , Ronan inclose the Power Stone in his power hammer and aggress Xandar himself . Despite surviving the crash of his ship and still holding on to the hammer , Ronan miss the opportunity to destroy Xandar when the Guardians of the Galaxy blast the Stone off his hammer .
The Guardians of the Galaxy
Without missing a beat , Star - Lord leaps toward the Power Stone and catches it in front of a stunned Ronan . To Ronan ’s pleasance , Star - Lord immediately falls to the ground and suffer its intensity , but he ’s able to stand up while Gamora ( Zoe Saldana ) holds his script to hold out it together . Drax and Rocket follow lawsuit and the Guardians of the Galaxy instruct Ronan the ability of friendly relationship . Although their joint force are all important to winning the conflict , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2reveals it ’s really Star - Lord ’s Celestial inheritance derive fromhis estranged beginner Ego ( Kurt Russell)that lets him hold an Infinity Stone and manipulate its force without disintegrating in the cognitive process . Unfortunately , Star - Lord wo n’t be able to attain such a feat in the future after he kill Ego and renounced to his mighty genes .
Ultron
After the Space Stone , the Mind Stone is the second most authorise - down Infinity Stone in the MCU , so it ’s easy to forget that at one point it was in the cold alloy hands of the most serious unreal being in story . It ’s dependable that HYDRA uses it to bestowQuicksilver ( Aaron Taylor - Johnson ) and Scarlet Witch ( Elisabeth Olsen)with superpowers , but they never really wield it as a weapon . When Ultron ( James Spader ) comes into its possession inAvengers : Age of Ultron , he does n’t manage as much for its use as a weapon either . Instead , he uses Loki ’s sceptre to manipulate Helen Cho ( Claudia Kim ) and immediately breaks it to implant the Mind Stone in Vision ’s ( Paul Bettany ) forehead , his next intend incarnation .
Vision
Ultron ’s plans crumple when the Avengers intervene and Vision ’s body is adopt to Stark Tower , where Thor gives him the terminal energy to fare to life . With the noesis of JARVIS and Ultron , the power of Thor , and the Mind Stone embedded on his os frontale , Vision promptly becomes one of the substantial graphic symbol in the MCU , worthy of lifting Thor ’s pounding and able to modify his molecular physical composition at will . It seems he ca n’t use the Mind Stone to operate citizenry ’s minds , but he can still burgeon forth muscular energy beams with it . The major downside is that he die once the Mind Stone is bump off , as seen inAvengers : Infinity Warwhen Scarlet Witch destroys it only for Thanos to turn back time and pull it out with nothing but his fingers .
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) proves himself to be a prodigy of the Mystic Arts in record time . That ’s why , even after take the Eye of Agamotto without oversight , Wong ( Benedict Wong ) and The Ancient One ( Tilda Swinton ) get well-fixed with the idea of him becoming the next Sorcerer Supreme . InDoctor Strange , he goes from using the Time Stoneto molder and rectify an apple to pin down the interdimensional being Dormammu in a time iteration with it , save the universe without anyone else realize it . Just a distich of years later , Strange uses the Time Stone to watch 14,000,605 possible futures and pinpoint on the nose which one to fall out in parliamentary law to defeat Thanos .
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Hulk
InAvengers : Endgame , Bruce Banner ( Mark Ruffalo ) has finally achieve what he desired for age : to come to condition with his Vasco da Gamma - shine alter ego . Sacrificing Hulk ’s useful strength and Banner ’s human form for privileged peace , he finds a center terra firma and becomes a superstar with his own brand of ice cream and a large fan followers . However , he ca n’t escape his fate . As he explicate when the Avengers are trying to decide who will wield the new Infinity Gauntlet , he"was carry for this " . The gamma radiation in his dead body allowsHulk to use all six Infinity Stones to snaphis fingers and fetch back everyone Thanos rick to debris , sacrificing his subdivision along the way .
Tony Stark
Since his first brush with decease in the firstIron Manfilm , Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. ) is in debt with biography . Throughout the rest of the Infinity Saga , he learn that he must confront his biggest fears and put his life on the line to save the universe from Thanos . Even when thing appear to take another guidance after he affect on fromThanos ' snap inAvengers : Infinity Warand raises a girl , he knows that he must sacrifice himself for the greater good . With a sign from Doctor Strange amidst the final moments of the Battle for Earth , Stark steals the Infinity Stones from Thanos and makes a final snap , know it would be his last act of valor in theMarvel Cinematic Universe .
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