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[MCU] How did Thanos get the Mind Stone as seen in The Avengers?
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We don't know; the origins of the Scepter aren't shown on-screen.

But we can guess; the Scepter is like the Tesseract or the Eye of Agamotto; a housing that allows someone to use an Infinity Stone without immediately exploding.

Based on what we know about the Stones and Thanos, we can surmise that it was created by someone very powerful - on the level of the Sorcerer Supreme, if not greater - and that Thanos obtained the Scepter after decimating that culture.

Given that he didn't launch the Infinity War until after Odin and the Ancient One were both dead, we can also assume that Thanos waited until *after* the death of the Scepter's creator to go plundering. Thanos is smart enough to avoid a fight he isn't certain he can win.