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[Marvel 616] Did Thanos really need ALL the Infinity Gems to accomplish his goal?

During the lead up to the Infinity Gauntlet saga, Thanos works his wrinkly purple butt off to acquire all of the Infinity Gems. In terms of achieving unlimited power this makes sense, but did he actually need all of them to do his famous finger snap and kill off half the universe?

Like, how did the Mind gem help this happen? Or the time gem, for that matter? Could he have done it with only a couple of gems?
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Killing half the universe was probably the work of the Reality gem - possibly boosted by the Power gem - but it's been stated several times that if you want to use the Reality gem without catastrophic results, you need the other five gems for balance - and this has been shown to be generally true, as various efforts to use the Reality gem on its own tend to end badly, either by damaging the fabric of reality or leaving the user vulnerable. Even Thanos only used the Reality gem on its own *once*, and that was to fuck with the Collector.