Black, the games record holder at the Lions, is hungry to add more success to an already glittering career spanning 274 AFL matches.
His career, along with that of fellow club stalwart Luke Power, remained in limbo at the end of the season as the club juggled salary cap restrictions.
But there was little doubt the pair would stay with the club where each has enjoyed three premierships.
Black, who has notched a Brownlow Medal and three best and fairest awards since joining the club from Western Australia, wants to return to the top of the AFL tree and says "the fresh vibe and feel around the club" has him feeling reinvigorated.
"I'm 32 next year. You never know when your last [season] is, so you play as if it is your last season," Black said.
"Luke and I are at that stage now, so you've just got to see how you go and play as if it's your last year and enjoy it, try to enjoy the moment.
"I'm fortunate to still love the game pretty much as much as I did when I was 18.
"You enjoy it more when you have success and we didn't have a lot of that last year ... so hopefully we can play a bit better next year because we need to as we were a fair way off the mark."
Black said retirement never entered his mind this year, despite struggling with injury at times. That said, he still averaged more than 25 disposals from 18 matches.
The Lions' midfield was led by Michael Rischitelli, who along with Jared Brennan has since joined the Gold Coast.
Black says their departures will add further spark to a new rivalry with the AFL's newest club.
"There's no doubt there's an exciting element with footy in Queensland now, with the Suns, and hopefully that will build," Black said.
"It's only going to make the game bigger in Queensland, so that's what I'm pretty excited by.
"[And] playing against the old teammates will add a bit of fire."
Earlier this week Brennan, now at the Suns, criticised the Gabba surface, saying its cricket pitch area was responsible for his injured ankle in 2010.
Black said the Gabba's curators did "a pretty good job" with what they had to work with, although he could see his former teammate's view.
"I'm not surprised at all [that Brennan said that], the Gabba is a very hard surface," Black said.
"Whether it has cut the timing of some careers there is probably an argument - some guys probably thought it would.
"But I am not sure what they can do with it ... we will have to live with it."
