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SELECT 
  b.variant_name, 
  a.* 
FROM 
  product_option_variants AS a 
  LEFT JOIN product_option_variants_descriptions AS b ON b.variant_id = a.variant_id 
  AND b.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND a.option_id IN (72, 73, 71, 70) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00137

JSON explain

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    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "82.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "a",
            "access_type": "range",
            "possible_keys": [
              "status",
              "option_id",
              "option_id_2"
            ],
            "key": "option_id",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "option_id",
              "status"
            ],
            "key_length": "6",
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            "rows_produced_per_join": 82,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`goimagine`.`a`.`option_id` in (72,73,71,70)) and (`goimagine`.`a`.`status` = 'A'))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "72.67",
              "eval_cost": "8.20",
              "prefix_cost": "80.87",
              "data_read_per_join": "3K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "option_id",
              "position",
              "modifier",
              "modifier_type",
              "weight_modifier",
              "weight_modifier_type",
              "point_modifier",
              "point_modifier_type",
              "status",
              "etsy_variant_id"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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            "access_type": "eq_ref",
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              "PRIMARY"
            ],
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              "variant_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
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              "const"
            ],
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            },
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              "variant_id",
              "lang_code",
              "variant_name"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_name	variant_id	option_id	position	modifier	modifier_type	weight_modifier_type	point_modifier_type	status
Oliver	606	70	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
White	626	71	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
.5" Height	646	73	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
Cori	607	70	2	0.000	A	A	A	A
Cream	627	71	2	0.000	A	A	A	A
.75" Height	647	73	2	0.500	A	A	A	A
Jake	608	70	3	0.000	A	A	A	A
Black	628	71	3	0.000	A	A	A	A
2" Width	648	73	3	2.500	A	A	A	A
Jean	609	70	4	0.000	A	A	A	A
Gray	629	71	4	0.000	A	A	A	A
3" Width	649	73	4	3.500	A	A	A	A
Mary	610	70	5	0.000	A	A	A	A
Charcoal	630	71	5	0.000	A	A	A	A
4" Width	650	73	5	4.500	A	A	A	A
Jen	611	70	6	0.000	A	A	A	A
Silver	631	71	6	0.000	A	A	A	A
5" Width	651	73	6	5.500	A	A	A	A
Grace	612	70	7	0.000	A	A	A	A
Gold	632	71	7	0.000	A	A	A	A
6" Width	652	73	7	6.500	A	A	A	A
Sherri	613	70	8	0.000	A	A	A	A
Green Apple	633	71	8	0.000	A	A	A	A
7" Width	653	73	8	7.500	A	A	A	A
Gensis	614	70	9	0.000	A	A	A	A
Lemon	634	71	9	0.000	A	A	A	A
8" Width	654	73	9	8.500	A	A	A	A
Collin	615	70	10	0.000	A	A	A	A
Turquoise	635	71	10	0.000	A	A	A	A
9" Width	655	73	10	9.500	A	A	A	A
Felicity	616	70	11	0.000	A	A	A	A
Sky Blue	636	71	11	0.000	A	A	A	A
10" Width	656	73	11	10.500	A	A	A	A
Lola	617	70	12	0.000	A	A	A	A
Royal Blue	637	71	12	0.000	A	A	A	A
11" Width	657	73	12	11.500	A	A	A	A
Austin	618	70	13	0.000	A	A	A	A
Mint	638	71	13	0.000	A	A	A	A
12" Width	658	73	13	13.000	A	A	A	A
Harry	619	70	14	0.000	A	A	A	A
Purple	639	71	14	0.000	A	A	A	A
13" Width	659	73	14	14.000	A	A	A	A
Ben	620	70	15	0.000	A	A	A	A
Pink	640	71	15	0.000	A	A	A	A
14" Width	660	73	15	15.000	A	A	A	A
Shane	621	70	16	0.000	A	A	A	A
Bubble Gum	641	71	16	0.000	A	A	A	A
15" Width	661	73	16	16.000	A	A	A	A
Hannah	622	70	17	0.000	A	A	A	A
Maroon	642	71	17	0.000	A	A	A	A
Drew	623	70	18	0.000	A	A	A	A
Red	643	71	18	0.000	A	A	A	A
Ashley	624	70	19	0.000	A	A	A	A
Hibiscus	644	71	19	0.000	A	A	A	A
Joey	625	70	20	0.000	A	A	A	A
Orange	645	71	20	0.000	A	A	A	A
Luke	673	70	21	0.000	A	A	A	A
Green	27244	71	21	0.000	A	A	A	A
Peyton	674	70	22	0.000	A	A	A	A
Brooke	675	70	23	0.000	A	A	A	A
Nathan	676	70	24	0.000	A	A	A	A
Millicent	677	70	25	0.000	A	A	A	A
Porter	678	70	26	0.000	A	A	A	A
Sawyer	679	70	27	0.000	A	A	A	A
Hailey	680	70	28	0.000	A	A	A	A
Jamie	681	70	29	0.000	A	A	A	A
Lucy	682	70	30	0.000	A	A	A	A
Sam	683	70	31	0.000	A	A	A	A
Shawn	684	70	32	0.000	A	A	A	A
Brittany	685	70	33	0.000	A	A	A	A
Taylor	686	70	34	0.000	A	A	A	A
Rena	687	70	35	0.000	A	A	A	A
Jane	688	70	36	0.000	A	A	A	A
James	689	70	37	0.000	A	A	A	A
Jack	690	70	38	0.000	A	A	A	A
Harley	691	70	39	0.000	A	A	A	A
Sue	692	70	40	0.000	A	A	A	A
Bob	693	70	41	0.000	A	A	A	A
Harry	694	70	42	0.000	A	A	A	A
Grace	695	70	43	0.000	A	A	A	A
Drew	696	70	44	0.000	A	A	A	A