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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 (18386, 18387, 18404, 18572, 18749) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00322

JSON explain

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    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "60.43"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "21.00"
      },
      "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",
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 21,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 21,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`goimagine`.`a`.`option_id` in (18386,18387,18404,18572,18749)) and (`goimagine`.`a`.`status` = 'A'))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "19.45",
              "eval_cost": "2.10",
              "prefix_cost": "21.55",
              "data_read_per_join": "1008"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "option_id",
              "position",
              "modifier",
              "modifier_type",
              "weight_modifier",
              "weight_modifier_type",
              "point_modifier",
              "point_modifier_type",
              "status",
              "etsy_variant_id"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "b",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
            "ref": [
              "goimagine.a.variant_id",
              "const"
            ],
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            "cost_info": {
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              "prefix_cost": "39.43",
              "data_read_per_join": "16K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code",
              "variant_name"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_name	variant_id	option_id	position	modifier_type	weight_modifier_type	point_modifier_type	status
Bird	72329	18386	1	A	A	A	A
Blue	72385	18404	1	A	A	A	A
Cat	72323	18386	2	A	A	A	A
Green	72386	18404	2	A	A	A	A
Dog	72322	18386	3	A	A	A	A
Orange	72387	18404	3	A	A	A	A
Gerbil	72328	18386	4	A	A	A	A
Purple	72388	18404	4	A	A	A	A
Guinea pig	72330	18386	5	A	A	A	A
Red	72389	18404	5	A	A	A	A
Hamster	72327	18386	6	A	A	A	A
Silver	72390	18404	6	A	A	A	A
Horse	72326	18386	7	A	A	A	A
White	72391	18404	7	A	A	A	A
Mouse	72331	18386	8	A	A	A	A
Yellow	72392	18404	8	A	A	A	A
Pig	72325	18386	9	A	A	A	A
Rabbit	72324	18386	10	A	A	A	A