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SELECT 
  b.variant_name, 
  a.* 
FROM 
  cscart_product_option_variants AS a 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_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 (197, 159, 157, 158) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00096

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "29.81"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "16.00"
      },
      "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": 16,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 16,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`cscartdb`.`a`.`option_id` in (197,159,157,158)) and (`cscartdb`.`a`.`status` = 'A'))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "6.61",
              "eval_cost": "1.60",
              "prefix_cost": "8.21",
              "data_read_per_join": "768"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "option_id",
              "position",
              "modifier",
              "modifier_type",
              "weight_modifier",
              "weight_modifier_type",
              "point_modifier",
              "point_modifier_type",
              "status",
              "note_required"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "b",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
            "ref": [
              "cscartdb.a.variant_id",
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 16,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "4.00",
              "eval_cost": "1.60",
              "prefix_cost": "13.81",
              "data_read_per_join": "12K"
            },
            "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
Black	5174	158	0	A	A	A	A
Dark	5175	158	0	A	A	A	A
Light	5176	158	0	A	A	A	A
Red	5177	158	0	A	A	A	A
Brass	8043	159	0	A	A	A	A
Polished Nickel	8044	159	0	A	A	A	A
Matte Nickel	8045	159	0	A	A	A	A
Black	5194	157	1	A	A	A	A
Custom (add to notes)	7734	197	1	A	A	A	A
Natural	5195	157	2	A	A	A	A
Small (5.5" - 7.5")	7735	197	2	A	A	A	A
Light Brown	5196	157	3	A	A	A	A
Medium (8" - 10")	7736	197	3	A	A	A	A
Medium Brown	5197	157	4	A	A	A	A
Large (10.5" - 12.5")	7737	197	4	A	A	A	A
Mahogany	5198	157	5	A	A	A	A
Purple	5199	157	6	A	A	A	A
Oxblood (Pink)	5200	157	7	A	A	A	A
Red	5201	157	8	A	A	A	A
[Vegan] Brown	5202	157	9	A	A	A	A
[Vegan] Black	5203	157	10	A	A	A	A