That's not his point. He is saying that the deck doesn't run 8 Basics.
Also, you don't have to Eeeeeek. Cleffa is a free Retreater. If you start with it and Collector/Dual Ball for Zekrom/Pachi/Shaymin, you can still pull off the T1 Bolt Strike.
Then why not run something with more than 30 HP?