Infinity Gems, sometimes referred to as the Soul Gems, are six immensely powerful gems featured in the fictional Marvel Universe. Whoever holds all six gems in the Infinity Gauntlet gains omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, and God-like power, and has absolute dominion over all realities, although the scope of the Gem's power was retconned to be limited to the universe in which they originated, i.e. Earth-616's Gems couldn't be used in the Ultimate universe, and vice versa. In later storylines and cross-over media a seventh Infinity Gem is sometimes added to the primary six.
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